A drop in the ground

This year, villages in Paithan district, neighbouring Aurangabad in Maharashtra, received 40% less rain than usual. Still, the farmers there did just fine. Some of them even did better, planting not one but two crops, and going beyond staples to start growing fruits like sweet lime and mango. Water is less of a worry now because of PepsiCo India. The beverage major is trying to make up for the water-guzzling tendencies of its Aurangabad plant through various initiatives to replenish the ground water in the region.

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