Caste divide makes summer more scorching in dry Indian region

Rising heat and water scarcity are deepening old caste inequalities in Bundelkhand region, activists say. A couple of months ago, just after sunrise, 40-year-old Mamta began the first of as many as 10 journeys she would make that day. Carrying three empty plastic buckets, she walked a few hundred metres to the nearest handpump in her village in Jalaun district, in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region of northern India [1].

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1. bbc.co.uk · Caste divide makes summer more scorching in dry Indian region Aug 24, 2026

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