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Digging a pit every 2 days, how this parched Rajasthan village gets water

With summer approaching, villagers in some of the driest areas of Rajasthan have started digging for groundwater. Only 10% of this desert state can be categorised into water resources. The rest 90% depends on groundwater for drinking as well as irrigation. Studies show the groundwater level in Rajasthan has been falling by 1 metre a year. At least 219 areas among 302 identified as sources of groundwater have been overexploited, studies show.