Rural India runs dry as thirsty megacity Mumbai sucks water

Rural India runs dry as thirsty megacity Mumbai sucks water

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.

Video by AFP

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