Its drying up has left us worried,” said Raju Shinde, a farmer from Malad village in Baramati. “We depend on the lake for seasonal crops and vegetables,” said another farmer Pandurang Kulathe. “Now, uncertainty looms over our fields,” he said
CRACKED EARTH, WORRIES FARMERS: A lake built for rainwater conservation near Malad village, close to Baramati, has turned into a vast stretch of cracked earth, a stark reminder of rainfall deficit. “Farmers in our village depended on this lake for irrigation.
The lake, which usually sustains farmers until April or May, has dried up months earlier in Oct.
Its drying up has left us worried,” said Raju Shinde, a farmer from Malad village in Baramati. “We depend on the lake for seasonal crops and vegetables,” said another farmer Pandurang Kulathe. “Now, uncertainty looms over our fields,” he said CRACKED EARTH, WORRIES FARMERS: A lake built for rainwater conservation near Malad village, close to Baramati, has turned into a vast stretch of cracked earth, a stark reminder of rainfall deficit. “Now, uncertainty looms over our fields,” he said
CRACKED EARTH, WORRIES FARMERS: A lake built for rainwater conservation near Malad village, close to Baramati, has turned into a vast stretch of cracked earth, a stark reminder of rainfall deficit. “Farmers in our village depended on this lake for irrigation.
The lake, which usually sustains farmers until April or May, has dried up months earlier in Oct.