Women and children of a village in Dindori in Madhya Pradesh, India, have a difficult routine to keep. <br /><br />Every morning they set out in the burning sun and walk miles to find a well with some water. <br /><br />It is a difficult quest as most wells in the area have dried up under the scorching Indian summer. <br /><br />The children in the group, invariably girls, climb down the well struggling to find a grip on the protruding stones of the wall. A small slip means plunging down to the bottom of the well, which in this region could be 40 feet or deeper. <br /><br />Accidents are frequent. Kajal Lodha, 28, says: “A girl in a neighbouring village broke her leg after falling down last month.<br /><br />''If they are lucky they get clear water. If not, the water is milky white and sometimes comes with worms. They boil the water and filter it to make it potable.''<br /><br />The plight of the Dindori villagers illustrates the tough struggle of millions to find potable water in the country. <br /><br />On June 15, Niti Aayog, a government thinktank, published a report stating that India was facing its worst-ever water crisis, with some 600 million people facing acute water shortage.<br /><br />The report drew data from 24 of India's 29 states and said the crisis was "only going to get worse" in the years ahead.<br /><br /> “By 2030, the country’s water demand is projected to be twice the available supply,” the Niti Aayog report reads.
