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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/climate-change/disasters/kutchs-drought-is-drying-more-than-fields-a-livelihood-and-pastoral-crisis-is-unfolding</loc>
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<image:caption>Maldhari shepherds on the move</image:caption>
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<news:title>Kutch’s drought is drying more than fields: A livelihood and pastoral crisis is unfolding</news:title>
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