India's water crisis: Parched Odisha villagers start informal barter system to cope with trying times

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Water-starved villagers in Odisha have started an informal "barter system" in which not money or commodities but precious drinking water is lent by surplus households to those in dire need in times of emergency. Such is the state of affairs in this coastal state reeling under a water crisis, more so in the western and southern parts.

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