Cattle too have parched throats

 A farmer helps his cattle have water at roadside borewell   

The drinking water crisis is so acute that not just humans, even animals are facing its brunt. The increasing temperatures coupled with steep fall in the ground water table, has deepened the crisis.

Some villagers are taking their cattle to neighboring villages, where water bodies have not dried up yet, to let their animals drink water. 

There are reports of incidents where villagers have not allowed the cattle of other villages into their village to drink water.In such a situation, farmers are searching for the borewells beside the road side where they can quench the thirst of their cattle.

Farmers are also keeping a vigil on the fodder they are stocking up in their agriculture fields and out sides their house as there is shortage for it. One can see the farmers or their children taking their cattle to the drinking water sources, all along the Adilabad to Utnoor route.

The drinking water crisis is much more severe in tribal areas when compared to other places in the district. People are already experiencing high temperatures and it has already been predicted that the temperatures will be high time summer compared to last year.