NREGS women workers by the side of the well they dug at Aajanur panchayat near Kanhangad. The MGNREGS workers dug the wells in a span of two weeks and managed to trace water at depths of 4.30 metres and 5.70 metres. Padmini, under whose supervision the MGNREGS works were executed with support from ward member T. Madhavan. The panchayat decided to find a solution to their water crisis by involving the MGNREGS workers. Unfazed, the women used ladders from inside the well to chip away at the rock till they found crystal clear water 5.70 metres deep, she said.

Source: The Hindu April 07, 2017 14:05 UTC