'This place was bone dry. Now we have enough water to irrigate our crops. Drinking water is still a struggle ... but this is a start.' Via TRF_Stories
JHANSI, India, Aug 27 - Her face veiled, Kiran Aherwal shoveled gravel into a broad platter, placed it on her head, then stepped off to help construct a new check dam in her thirsty village in central India.
The women say their efforts have resulted in better irrigation, healthier crop harvests, increased drinking water and most importantly, fewer long walks to fetch water. That has led to repeated and widespread crop failures in a region that is dependent on agriculture, prompting a growing tide of farmers to migrate to nearby cities.
"Sometimes we would say 'Ok, we didn't wash our clothes today, we will do it tomorrow' or 'I didn't bathe today, maybe tomorrow'. That's how bad it was," she said. Rural Indian women make good managers and protectors of natural resources, said Reetu Sogani, a researcher on traditional knowledge, gender and climate change.
After their chores and work at home, most women can carve out only two hours a day for their Saheli work, they said. A girl cleans her metal water pots in Bundelkhand, India on July 16, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Annie BanerjiBundelkhand, once a region green with dense forests and fields, is increasingly barren with little ground water.
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