Far from the gleaming high-rises of India's financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity's water are running dry -- a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying problems.
"Whatever water we have, all of that goes to the city (Mumbai) and our situation remains as it was and we don't get water to drink," says Sunita Pandurang Satgir.
Demand is increasing in the world's most populous nation of 1.4 billion people, but supplies are shrinking -- with climate change driving erratic rainfall and extreme heat.
"Whatever water we have, all of that goes to the city (Mumbai) and our situation remains as it was and we don't get water to drink," says Sunita Pandurang Satgir.
Demand is increasing in the world's most populous nation of 1.4 billion people, but supplies are shrinking -- with climate change driving erratic rainfall and extreme heat.
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00:00We have our own water, our own sewage system, our own wells, other people take that water.
00:28We feel very bad for them.
00:29They don't take water from us, so we don't have water, we have to fill water on the dock.
00:34We feel very bad because we don't have water.
00:36It is very difficult for us.
00:38We don't get water if we don't take sewage, so we have to fill water on the dock.
01:06The USAID company is the U.S.A.I.P.D.