Today, I noticed a video posted by one of my friends on Facebook about a miracle water project. I initially thought this was yet another BBC or Nat Geo video about a successful program undertaken by an environmental campaigner. However, I was mistaken. It had been produced by an independent media company out of New Delhi and the subject matter involved Hivre Bazaar, a previously unheard of village in Ahmadnagar district of Maharashtra State in India. (After running a few Google searches, I realized that this village wasn't all that obscure and that they have actually been reported in many journals. Off course the Indian mainstream media conveniently decided to ignore or maybe dedicate an insignificant corner of the website to them.)
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At a time when the world is rife with discussions about climate change, droughts etc, this video seems like a breath of fresh air. For a change, it involves a solution to a problem rather than an endless discussion about an issue. Even more inspiring is the fact that this program was implemented by the local villagers themselves, on a co-operative basis, without waiting for any government program or NGO sponsorship. Necessity is the mother of invention (and also innovation) and this innovation seems to have paid off huge dividends for the villagers. Hopefully many other drought prone villages in India can draw inspiration from Hiwre Bazaar and find solutions to their problems. I'm sure there are already many other unreported projects out there.
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At a time when the world is rife with discussions about climate change, droughts etc, this video seems like a breath of fresh air. For a change, it involves a solution to a problem rather than an endless discussion about an issue. Even more inspiring is the fact that this program was implemented by the local villagers themselves, on a co-operative basis, without waiting for any government program or NGO sponsorship. Necessity is the mother of invention (and also innovation) and this innovation seems to have paid off huge dividends for the villagers. Hopefully many other drought prone villages in India can draw inspiration from Hiwre Bazaar and find solutions to their problems. I'm sure there are already many other unreported projects out there.
