Amid an acute water crisis, villagers in Maharashtra’s Khokarvihir village are struggling to meet their daily requirements of water. They were seen hurling their plastic and metal cans, buckets and bottles strung with ropes down a deep well to fetch water. Women are forced to travel arduous stretches of 2-3 km every day to fetch water. The residents of the village are forced to use muddy water, where the water level has plummeted below the base of the well. Villagers risk their lives by consuming dirty water, straining it through clothes and then boiling it to avoid health-related issues. Speaking to ANI, a villager said, “From 2-3 months, there is no water in our village. We are drinking dirty water since that time. We walk 2-3 km to fetch water. We are very troubled by that.”