Tribal women return after collecting fresh water from a hill stream near Pattuduvalasa, a village located in Araku Valley in the Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh. Water problem gets worsened in the tribal areas during summer, forcing women to trek long distances to fetch drinking water.
A woman, along with her family members, rides a bullock cart to collect water from a nearby public tap near Vadukanthangal in Vellore district.
BJP workers stage a protest against water scarcity, in front of the Mangaluru City Corporation. The city hopes for bountiful rainfall in June to get out of the water crisis.
Plenty of coconut trees are seen drying up in a farm at Jallipatti along the Madurai Highway in Dindigul district, owing to severe water scarcity. It has had an adverse impact on agriculture in the district.
A boy in school uniform fetches drinking water on a bicycle, braving the scorching sun, in Coimbatore
Potable water shortage triggers a street protest by residents of Chinnapanagamutlu in Krishnagiri.
Srisailam Dam in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh with no water flow. This has affected irrigation and agriculture in surrounding areas.
Women fetching a few pots of safe drinking water from afar in fluoride-affected Maduluru village, near S.N.Padu in Prakasam district. Contamination of groundwater resources has created shortage of potable water in the village.
A little girl eagerly waits for water to be supplied by a tank at suburban Palakkad on Saturday. All the 128 drinking water schemes located on the Bharathapuzha river basin are now turning dysfunctional due to of the lack of sufficient water resources.