TruemorsFinding the keys to poverty can be mindnumbingly complex. In some instances, however, it is incredibly simple. One simple thing lacks, and the fate of an entire village hangs in the balance. In Mubarespur, it is water. The underground pool being undrinkable, women spend their days doing round trips to the neighboring villages to fetch some waters, instead of working to complement the family income. The government pretended to help by building a pump, but the machine never worked, and lays abandoned in a corner of the village.
Mubarespur - the water girls (2)
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at 13:22 on January 13th, 2009
In the small village of Mubarespur, a few hours from Agra, the water situation is dire. The water pump that the government started installing years ago lays broken, abandoned. Only a private pump, much more expensive, allows the farmers who can afford it to irrigate their field. For the less fortunate ones, and for more domestic uses, the only other alternative is to go fetch water from a neighbouring village. From dawn till dusk, a line of girls and women - pots on the head - ensure that the tanks at home do not run empty.