Indian farmers forced to swim across river with animals just to reach their fields

Indian farmers forced to swim across river with animals just to reach their fields

Farmers from a remote village in northern India perform a dangerous and exhausting daily ritual just to get to their fields - swimming across a wide river often with their animals.

Farmers from a remote village in northern India perform a dangerous and exhausting daily ritual just to get to their fields - swimming across a wide river often with their animals.

With no bridges for miles, the residents of Dhamasaya in Gujrat Chota have no choice but to risk their lives to cross the murky waters of the Ashwin river.

The task is even more challenging for the livestock owners who have to somehow herd their animals to the other side.

Those who don't know how to swim float across on inflated tractor inner tubes.

Farmers say they have been demanding authorities build a bridge for years but no help has been forthcoming.