Rural India runs dry as thirsty megacity Mumbai sucks water<br /><br />Far from the gleaming high-rises of India's financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity's water are running dry — a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying problems.<br /><br />"Whatever water we have, all of that goes to the city (Mumbai) and our situation remains as it was and we don't get water to drink," says Sunita Pandurang Satgir.<br /><br />Demand is increasing in the world's most populous nation of 1.4 billion people, but supplies are shrinking — with climate change driving erratic rainfall and extreme heat. <br /><br />Video by AFP <br /><br />Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe <br />Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net <br /> <br />Follow us: <br />Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook <br />Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram <br />Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter <br />DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion <br /> <br />Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital <br /> <br />Check out our Podcasts: <br />Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify <br />Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts <br />Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic <br />Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer <br />Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein<br /> <br />#TheManilaTimes <br />#worldnews <br />#watercrisis <br />#india
