Astounding Feat by Keralite Women Digging 190 Wells
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| Image courtesy :hindustantimes.com |
A nondescript village in Palakkad district of Kerala. It has become a historic village as around 300 women have turned well-diggers to find a solution to the acute water shortage and scarcity in the hamlet. They earn a living also.
A village panchayat Pookkottukavu has witnessed even elderly women climb down pits using makeshift bamboo ladders. They dig doggedly for hours using shovel and pickaxe, and remove mud and clay in search of water resources. Lack of training and physical limitations have also not deterred them from constructing 10-12 meter deep wells.
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| Image courtesy :indiasamvad.co.in |
These women homemakers faced various challenges and provocations . Aged between 35 and 70 years they have dug up over 190 wells across the drought-hit village. This astounding feat has been undertaken in rocky terrain under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) since August 2016.
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