Farmers across the districts of Panipat, Sonipat, Karnal, and Yamuna Nagar in Haryana, India, have encountered considerable challenges over the past decade due to groundwater depletion and the adverse impacts of climate change. Despite the alarming decline in the groundwater table of 33 cm per year, farmers continue to rely heavily on irrigation for both paddy and wheat cultivation. This type of farming is practiced on more than 70 percent of land in the region, where early sowing of direct seeded rice (during May) and transplanting of paddy (in June) further exacerbates the water crisis due to extreme heat leading to higher crop water requirements.