Hunting Down Water

India’s present water crisis is of its own making. The patterns of water use are changing, with increased cultivation of water-intensive cash crops. But there are other changes that defy logic, such as the growing number of private swimming pools in cities, rain dances and water amusement parks. As water is diverted from the countryside to meet the unending demands of India’s urban population. More and more of the rural poor are now forced to migrate, in search of work, and water.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal are part of a Delhi-based production team that works on environment and development issues. The group is now working on a series of films on the political economy of water.