Water collection can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours. Often poverty compels women to push hard to carry heavy water, at the cost of their health, to save on paid water labour. Women reported instances of violence, theft and assault when they fetched water at night.
AuthorDr Anindita Sarkar
Dr. Anindita Sarkar is an Associate Professor for Geography at Miranda House, University of Delhi, India, where she has been since 2005.
She is an active researcher on agricultural sustainability, water management, groundwater markets, water accessibility and gender. She has completed several projects funded by government and international organizations and have numerous publications in refereed journals and as books. She holds a PhD focusing on political economy of groundwater irrigation, groundwater markets and agricultural development.