Thane, June 16 (ANI): Severe drought cripples life in a village of Maharashtra, forcing men to marry multiple times in order to deal with the water crisis. In the parched village of Dengalmal in Thane district, there are no taps. The only drinking water comes from two wells at the foot of a nearby rocky hill, a spot so crowded that the sweltering walk and wait can take hours. For Sakharam Bhagat, as for many others in the hamlet some 140 km (85 miles) from Mumbai, the answer was a ‘water wife’. Bhagat, 66, now has three wives, two of whom he married solely to ensure that his household has water to drink and cook. Bhagat, who works as a day labourer on a farm in a nearby village, said when his first wife is busy with their kids and the cattle; the second wife, Sakri, looked after household work and fetched water. When Sakri became weak, he married a third wife who has been taking care of the water requirements of the household for close to 15 years now.
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