• Women in the camp stack their supplies on tree branches to avoid it being eaten by wildlife.
    Women in the camp stack their supplies on tree branches to avoid it being eaten by wildlife.
  • Anusha Jadhav cooks her evening meal of rice and dal.
    Anusha Jadhav cooks her evening meal of rice and dal.
  • Women leave the camp to fetch drinking water.
    Women leave the camp to fetch drinking water.
  • a general view of the ‘Temporary Drought Refugee Camp at Barvenagar’ on the outskirts of in Mumbai.
    a general view of the ‘Temporary Drought Refugee Camp at Barvenagar’ on the outskirts of in Mumbai.
  • Ghatkopar has become home to hundreds of farmers and their families who have flocked from the drought-hit Marathwada region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. They have travelled hundreds of kilometres in search of work and water.
    Ghatkopar has become home to hundreds of farmers and their families who have flocked from the drought-hit Marathwada region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. They have travelled hundreds of kilometres in search of work and water.
  • A security guard sits next to an empty water tanker before it is refilled.
    A security guard sits next to an empty water tanker before it is refilled.
  • Anusha Jadhav travelled to the camp with her husband, Dadarao, and their son, “We want to stay in Mumbai,” Anusha says. “Even if it rains, we don’t want to go back.”
    Anusha Jadhav travelled to the camp with her husband, Dadarao, and their son, “We want to stay in Mumbai,” Anusha says. “Even if it rains, we don’t want to go back.”

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Escaping the drought — in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

May 04, 2016

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A makeshift camp in Ghatkopar has become home to hundreds of farmers and their families who have flocked from the drought-hit Marathwada region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. They have travelled hundreds of kilometres in search of work and water. All photos by Subhash Sharma for The National

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