At a young age of 18 years, Rangrao Patil had to move away from Ramanwadi, his home, to work at the Power Loom factory located in a Ichalkaranji. The reason he had to leave was scarcity of water to carry out agriculture, his basic occupation, in the land that he owned. Ranga is now 36 years old. He has had to leave his family behind due to this shift.