Striking Gold, In Water

Sunit Kumar, a young farmer at Chengalpattu on the outskirts of Chennai, grows paddy. More significantly, he supplies water to tankers from Chennai with the aid of two pumps and nets an additional income from this, apart from the income he earns from the paddy he cultivates on adjacent land.

Kumar is but one among a growing breed of farmers at Chengalpattu and other areas on Chennai