The whole family sweated it out. Women and children joined in when the men grew tired of pushing the handle that was churning the wheel and pulling up rocks from the bottom of the well.
The patriarch of the family, Sajan Rai, was down at the bottom of the well, about 40 feet deep.
With two others, he was tugging at the rocks that had come unstuck after two rounds of explosions had blasted through them.
Deepening a well is not an easy task, but the family was determined to bore through 10...
Madhya Pradesh district has banned irrigation due to drought
The patriarch of the family, Sajan Rai, was down at the bottom of the well, about 40 feet deep.
With two others, he was tugging at the rocks that had come unstuck after two rounds of explosions had blasted through them.
Deepening a well is not an easy task, but the family was determined to bore through 10...
Madhya Pradesh district has banned irrigation due to drought