Express News Service
RAJASTHAN: People in a cluster of 13 villages in the parched Bundi district of Rajasthan have achieved a remarkable feat. They have built a large check dam which over 2,000 feet in length and 30 feet in height. They have used their own resources and completed the task less than a month to recharge their groundwater levels.
The villagers hope they would be able to preserve rainwater over an expanse of 350 bighas, which will also help in gradually raising the groundwater level. That they did not depend on monetary, technical or other support from the government, makes them proud of this achievement.