it s very hard to carry pots of water repeatedly on your head from that source of water to the village, which is almost a kilometre from here. from the hot desert. ..to the cold mountains. ..and dry, arid plains. it s backbreaking. i want to find out when will the walk be over? when will water come home? in 2019, prime minister narendra modi made a promise. to bring water through taps to each home in every village by 202a. he said it will ease women s daily lives. i ve set out on a journey across the country to check out the government s claims. these are the dry, arid plains of central india. they used to be green, but after recurring droughts, this is the kind of water some villages are left with. buffaloes bathe here, and some women, too. some take this water for washing and cleaning. managing the family s water needs is women s work here. there aren t many choices. these villages are infamous for their water crises. it s a hard life that no woman would choose. families do
than 270 medals between them. after a speech by prince edward praising the athletes, the games were closed by a ceromony featuring performers from the region. now on bbc news, india s wait for water. when you can t get water from taps, life revolves around where the water is. india s villages house 200 million families. only a fraction have tap water. it s very hard to carry pots of water repeatedly on your head from that source of water to the village, which is almost a kilometre from here. from the hot desert. ..to the cold mountains. ..and dry, arid plains. it s backbreaking. i want to find out when will the walk be over? when will water come home? in 2019, prime minister narendra modi made a promise. to bring water through taps to each home in every village by 202a. he said it will ease women s daily lives. i ve set out on a journey across the country to check out the government s claims. these are the dry, arid plains of central india. they used to be green, but after re
scientists examined satellite data gathered during the past four decades over the entire arctic circle. now on bbc news: india s wait for water. from the hot desert to the cold mountains and dry arid plains, only a fraction of the 200 million homes in india s villages have tap water. bbc s divya arya investigates. when you can t get water from taps, life revolves around where the water is. india s villages house 200 million families. only a fraction have tap water. it s very hard to carry pots of water repeatedly on your head from that source of water to the village, which is almost a kilometre from here. from the hot desert. ..to the cold mountains. ..and dry, arid plains. it s backbreaking. i want to find out when will the walk be over? when will water come home? in 2019, prime minister narendra modi made a promise. to bring water through taps to each home in every village by 202a. he said it will ease women s daily lives. i ve set out on a journey across the country to che
these villages are infamous for their water crises. it s a hard life that no woman would choose. families don t want to marry their daughters into these villages, and when they do, these men tell me the women want to leave. it s a growing list of single men, getting older, looking for brides. i ask how many are unmarried here. three are nudged to stand up. one is called a reject. used to the jibe, he smiles. translation: i was 22 when the first marriage j proposal came. in total, five families came to meet my parents, but when they got to know
there aren t many choices. these villages are infamous for their water crises. it s a hard life that no woman would choose. families don t want to marry their daughters into these villages, and when they do, these men tell me the women want to leave. it s a growing list of single men, getting older, looking for brides. i ask how many are unmarried here. three are nudged to stand up. one is called a reject. used to the jibe, he smiles. translation: i was 22 when the first marriage j