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    Leaking water tankers unite India’s drought-hit countryside and thirsty cities

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    Leaking water tankers unite India’s drought-hit countryside and thirsty cities and home routines are shaped around their intermittent arrival. Vikram Doctor reports

    If the police wanted to crack down on people celebrating non socially distanced Holi last week, they could have followed the water tankers. Other Indian festivals might have vehicles like the ornate raths in Puri, but in water starved Indian cities the vehicle for Holi is now the water tanker. In Hyderabad some years back, a government minister faced flak for taking part in a Holi rain dance party that used 12 full tankers.Water tankers are now
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