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How water distress created jobs, and a migration corridor

  • Mar 21, 2025
  • 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



Roli Srivastava



Varsha Torgalkar



Video producer:

Deekshith R Pai



Illustrations:

Abhiruchi Das



 
 
 

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