The pit, at the centre of Velip’s plantations, was a well filled with water before the summer arrived.
In Aagali in Shristhal, 35 families rely on two wells, as the year round, pipeline water supply never reaches the areas along the climb of the hill.
This summer, both these wells barely have a puddle at the base.
Two hose pipes each and a motorized pump lie lifeless at the edge of the wells now.
This year, most of the wells have dried up," said Velip.
From Chawdi to Cotigao, residents say that water flows from the taps barely once every three days, that too, for not more than two hours, if they are lucky that is.
But residents of the most interior regions like Cotigao and Gaondongri are worst hit as even public works department (PWD) tankers don’t reach here.
Naik blames the unchecked and excessive usage of water pumps to suck out water for horticulture as the reason for Canacona’s receding water table.
"We ration water at three barrels per week for the family.
All through his 50 years living in Canacona, Velip has seen many a harsh Goan summer, but the wait for the monsoon in what is otherwise Goa’s greenest belt has never been this desperate.