It’s been four, long, hot months since an El Niño-induced drought in the village of Sunardi has caused no rain in Indonesia, so the tobacco farmer has only one thing to do to get water: dig a dry river bed .
In an hour or two, water – salty and dirty – would fill the freshly dug pit. Sunardi and many other residents of Karanganyar village in Central Java province take the water home to drink, wash and irrigate their perishing crops.
“This village has been in drought since April and it hasn’t rained so far. Wells in the area have dried up, so residents can only get water from the river bed,” said Sunardi, known by only one name Yes, told Reuters.
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