Women-led initiative boosts groundwater levels in Karnataka’s Vitlamudnur with 380 percolation pits
A team of six women from Chiguru Sanjeevini Okkoota in Vitlamudnur village, Bantwal taluk, has successfully dug 380 percolation pits to improve groundwater levels. Utilizing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, they have also dredged water streams and stormwater drains. Their efforts are set to continue with further projects.