Drought

Woman dies waiting in queue for hours to fetch water in Latur

10-drought (File) Latur has been facing one of its worst droughts this year

In an incident highlighting the plight of people residing in drought-hit regions of the country, a woman died in Maharashtra’s Latur district on Tuesday after standing in a queue for hours to fetch water.

The 45-year-old woman, who collapsed due to intense heat after standing in the queue for over two hours to get water from a borewell in Atola village in Chakur tehsil, was rushed to a nearby hospital, but was declared bought dead.

“A woman died while standing in water queue in drought hit village. She was continuously walking from some time, queued up to fetch water. She collapsed then and there due to intense heat,” a local told ANI.

Last month, a 11-year-old boy had died while getting water from a village well in Beed district, while a 12-year-old had also died after making five trips to a water pump to fetch drinking water in the same district.

Latur has been facing one of its worst droughts this year, with the problem compounding due to consecutive drought years. Water scarcity in Latur had gone to such an extent that water trains had to be sent to provide gallons of water to the region.

In the wake of drought situation, the Maharashtra government has decided to ban digging of borewells below 200 feet to check further depletion of ground water. The rules permit the digging of only five borewells every one square kilometre with a depth of not more than 200 feet.

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