SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE VILLAGERS

     India is a land of rich natural resources. However, due to lack of proper infrastructure facilities, scarcity of water is one of the major problems faced by the people in India, more so in the remote villages of drought prone areas.

     Once the volunteers from the Sadhu Vaswani Mission decided to visit villages to see if they could be of any help to the villagers. They carried food and 500 bottles of water with them for the villagers. The villagers were only thirsty for water, as there was an acute shortage of water in the village. The villagers had to travel 5 kms every day to fetch water from the only river near the village.

     One can go without food for 8 to 10 days but not without drinking water for such a long time. Even while traveling water is the most essential requirement of every human being. When a train halts at a railway station, one sees people rushing towards water taps to quench their thirst.

     Therefore the Sadhu Vaswani Mission decided to quench the thirst of these villagers and provide relief to them by supplying a water tanker with a capacity of 12,000 litres of water twice a week. The cost to the mission is only Rs. 350/- to 400/- per tanker apart from cost of travel of the volunteers.

     In appreciation of the good work being carried out by the mission, many volunteers have come forward to sponsor the cost of the water tankers. Some of the volunteers even go along to see for themselves to feel the relief of the villagers when the water tanker arrives. On seeing the joy on the faces on villagers when the tanker arrived, one of the volunteer's remarked "It is was the pilgrimage of her life".