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India’s water crisis: the impact of extreme heat and drought on communities in Chitrakoot, India

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Chitrakoot is exposed to heat stress and recurrent droughts, caused by climate change. The resulting dryness has led to a severe drinking water crisis, frequent forest fres and loss of biodiversity. Crop loss in drought years leads to distress migration and forces the local Kol community to work in stone mines under exploitative conditions. Women are sexually exploited by landowners and mining industry contractors, locally known as Dadus. The continued climate crisis is pushing poor people into a vicious cycle of debt and unending exploitation.

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