The availability of drinking water is a serious issue in the rural areas of Punjab, Pakistan. The issue is especially grave in Potohar and other hilly areas where women have to fetch the water from far-flung areas. This saga is has continued since the colonial era, and can see this harsh reality beautifully depicted in the folk songs sung by women from this region.

The basic purpose of the paper is to highlight the poverty, backwardness and issue of water scarcity in the region as well the struggle of women to get it resolved. Water scarcity in Pind Dadan Khan, situated at the bank of River Jhelum; in the villages alongside River Soan as well as hilly villages will be discussed at length. There are several folk songs in the area that highlight this issue and these songs are, in fact, an explicit expression of ecofeminism. The paper would explain how folk literature becomes a reflection of the deprivations and hardships that common people face. As a case study, it will analyse the folk songs sung by women from Potohar villages ‘Patshahani’ and ‘Dhalla’. The purpose of highlighting the hardships faced by women in these areas, while treading uneven hilly paths and glens, is to urge the government to take practical measures to get the water woes of Potohar resolved.