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Parched throats struggle to sip water as drought bites

By Ma Lie | China Daily | Updated: 2010-02-24 07:42

Parched throats struggle to sip water as drought bites

Li Shulan, 60, a farmer in Donghe village of Huining county, Gansu province, has not seen a drop of rain for more than three months.

To quench the parched throats of her family and livestock, she has to travel miles every day to the surrounding countryside to purchase water.

Of the four cattle she raised, three have been sold off in order to reduce water consumption.

Parched throats struggle to sip water as drought bites

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