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Even when it's 47 degrees in the rest of the region, it's cool here. A little away from us is a patch that clocks in at minus 13 degrees. This is "India's first Snowdome" — in burning Vidharbha. Keeping its ice rink firm costs Rs 4,000 a day in electricity charges alone.

Welcome to the Fun & Food Village Water & Amusement Park in Bazargaon gram panchayat of Nagpur (Rural) district. A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi greets visitors in the office of the huge complex. And you're assured daily disco, ice skating, ice sliding and "a well stocked bar with cocktails." The 40-acre park itself offers 18 kinds of water slides and games. Also services for events ranging from conferences to kitty parties.

The village of Bazargaon (population 3,000) itself faces a huge water crisis. "Having to make many daily trips for water, women walk up to 15 km in a day to fetch it," says sarpanch Yamunabai Uikey. "This whole village has just one sarkari well. Sometimes, we have got water once in four or five days. Sometimes, once in ten days."

Source: The Hindu