THE people of Bana, a village in Pithoragarh district, perched at 1,800 metres and surrounded by verdant hills, never faced water shortage. But, when 10 of its 16 natural springs started drying up, alarming this largish village of 110 households, they turned to Avani, a voluntary organization they were familiar with, in December 2018, to revive their dying streams.
“Rajnish Jain of Avani understood our problem. He contacted the People’s Science Institute (PSI) in Dehradun and soon work to restore 10 water sources in our village began,” says Hema Devi, 24, a small farmer.
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