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How water distress created jobs, and a migration corridor

  • Writer: Roli Srivastava, Varsha Torgalkar
    Roli Srivastava, Varsha Torgalkar
  • Mar 21
  • 1 min read

The Maharashtra government has been offering subsidies to farmers to dig wells to help them tackle extreme water scarcity, which has led to the creation of jobs for well diggers from another drought-hit state -- Rajasthan


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Roli Srivastava


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Varsha Torgalkar


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Video producer:

Deekshith R Pai


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Illustrations:

Abhiruchi Das



 
 
 

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