00:00As parts of the country battle an intense summer, water has become a daily struggle for residents in Uttar Pradesh's
00:06Kabrai.
00:06Women queue up at sunrise. Children help fetch water.
00:10Villagers say they are still waiting for basic infrastructure to deliver on its promise.
00:14India Today's ground report from the town where every drop counts.
00:34It's six in the morning. Women of Kabrai, a six-hour drive from Lucknow, are out with their buckets.
00:43That's how their day begins, waiting for the water tankers.
00:47They are still waiting for the water tankers.
01:17They are still waiting for the water tankers.
01:20It's not a cold, it's warm. It's not a cold.
01:24It's not a cold. It's a hot water tanker.
01:26Villagers say sometimes they get piped water supply.
01:31Some houses have small hand pumps, which are locally called Kicchu hand pumps.
01:40When Kabrai, locality of Mahoba, was suffering bad with the water crisis,
01:46the residents of this particular area started the Jugaad wala hand pump.
01:55That means the makeshift hand pump. In Hindi, we say Kicchu.
01:59That's what's being used out here.
02:03No, this hasn't been given to them in any kind of government scheme.
02:08The so-called Serkari Yojana or any help from any winning or fighting candidate from any political party.
02:16But it is being bought by them by a cost of 1,000.
02:35A water tank was built using local MLA's funds a few years ago.
02:41But it is still not functional.
03:05The authorities assure Kabrai will get regular water supply soon.
03:11Villagers, however, are sceptical.
03:14They will be convinced only when they get the promised water.
03:19With Samard Srivastava, Bureau Report, India Today.
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