In the dark zone: Bhopalgarh’s ongoing groundwater crisis
There’s no water to drink and none to irrigate the fields. The animal farms are dry. A desperate bid to dig a tubewell also turned futile as not a single drop of water was found even at 900ft. Some villages have not received any water supply for three days, while some others have not got water for almost 15. There’s barely any water in the ponds, and in desperation, people have begun to consume brackish water from whatever meagre is available underground. This is the current state of Bhopalgarh block of Jodhpur district, with a water crisis crippling life in over 70 villages.
