In a frantic attempt to avoid robbery of water due to a heavy shortage, locals in Rajasthan's Parasrampura village are forced to keep the water drums locked outside their houses. With the temperature hovering around 45 degrees in most parts of the state, water scarcity has become a big issue of concern. The locals of Parasrampura village get drinking water once in a week. This triggered some in the area to rob water from others. Such is the situation that the locals have started to guard their water drums and even consider it more valuable than gold. 'Due to acute shortage of water, there have been cases of water theft at night a couple of times. So, we have decided to put locks in our drums to save our share of water,' a local said.