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		The 18-acre plot owner, Jagtap, has drilled borewells since 2005 in order to support his farm lands in this rain-starved and non-irrigated region. Sadly, most of these borewells supplied water only for few months and then dried up. "Only 15 of my 48 borewells are working," he confesses, the ET said.
	 
	
		Jagtap, who has spent lakhs on this enterprise, told the ET that each borewell costs a base price of Rs 75,000. He also stated that the price goes up the deeper you drill. The business daily also added Jagtap dreads the peak summer months. He will have to hire water tankers as well, costing up to Rs 3,000 a day, for a span of two months. In all, he spends at least Rs 15 lakh on water each year, a third of his income.
	
		(Image: The Times of India)

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