In drought-hit K’taka, farmer pumps water from own well into dry river | India News – Times of India
HAVERI: A 50-year -old farmer of drought-ridden Karnataka has done what few can imagine. As riv er Varada turned bone dry, just as 50% borewells of Sanguru village in Haveri district, Bhuvaneshwar Shidlapur started pumping w ater from h is own borewell into the riv er to slake thirst of livestock and birds.He owns 30…