Maharashtra villagers now resort to crowd-funding to raise money for building dams!
MUMBAI, MAY 31: In Osmanabad region of Maharashtra, the villagers of Murta have decided to come up with a solution to their problems on their own and it is one modern solution
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NGO leverages crowdfunding startup to build canals in drought-hit Marathwada
MUMBAI, MAY 31: Drought-hit Marathwada is facing a tough ordeal with only one percent water left in dams in the region and people relying on rapidly depleting groundwater stock and special trains that ferry water to them.
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Farmers In This Marathawada Village Are Crowd-Funding To Build An 8-km Water Canal
MUMBAI, MAY 30: Several initiatives have been taken by individuals and groups in the recent past to deal with the severe drought situation affecting a major portion of Maharashtra. One such initiative is being taken by the NGO, Suryoday Parivar, along with the support of farmers.
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In drought-hit Maha village, farmers resort to online crowdfunding to give canal a new life
MUMBAI, MAY 28: Over the last fortnight, the sleepy Horti village in the drought-hit Osmanabad has been witnessing a sudden rush of activity. More than 700 farmers have been toiling day and night, to deepen a canal in their village. "Actually, we're working on rewriting our fate," is how a villager describes it.
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700 drought-hit farmers in Marathawada are building an 8 km canal in 15 days through crowdfunding at Fueladream.com
MUMBAI, MAY 26: Horti is a small village that none of us has heard of and is located close to the better-known town of LATUR in the drought stricken Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
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