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As day breaks, Nagardi’s neighbours begin to wake. The daily worries and fears across the community are the same: what happens if the camp closes before the rains set in?
In recent years, many families are increasingly travelling hundreds of kilometres to find temporary jobs in sugarcane factories or in construction. The prolonged drought is turning once-seasonal migration into a permanent reality.
Owning livestock keeps some families tethered to their unproductive land. But for those forced to sell everything, finding a new living in the slums of Mumbai is the likely end point.
For Nagardi, planning for the future is about survival. “I will go wherever there is water,” she says.
- Credits Maria de la Guardia/TNH
- Themes Environment and Disasters Climate change
- Regions Asia India