Fetching third pot of water? Be prepared to pay ₹100 fine

In Parsul village (Khed tehsil) located 71 kilometres from Pune, anyone collecting more than two pots of water from the local well has to cough up a fine of ₹100.

- Vicky Pathare

PUNE:

Reason being the village is reportedly facing a severe water crisis and for the past two months, villagers have been struggling to fetch water from a deep well — one of only two wells in the village, with water from one being used for domestic purposes and water from the other for drinking purposes.

As luck would have it, the stock of water in the drinking water well has decreased drastically, that too at the beginning of summer. So much so that villagers keep watch on the drinking water well from 7 am to 10 pm to ensure that no one violates the restrictions.