The village of Laporiya in Rajasthan gets very little rainfall. The average for 18 years is less than 500 mm a year. In recent years it has been 300 mm. There has been the odd big downpour, but mostly drought-like conditions prevail.
It is scary and stressful to live in a desert region with very little rain and no other sources of water. Laporiya, though in Jaipur district and a few hours from the state capital, has seen some tough times when nothing would grow in its fields and young people left in search of a better. . .
