April 5 was a red letter day for Malkapur residents when the local youth and women accomplished a challenging task of providing water connection to every household in flat 24 hours.

As part of intra-grid works of Mission Bhagiratha, 300 youth and villagers got together to lay pipelines in the lines excavated earlier. If the local contractor took four hours to lay a 330-metre pipeline, the same was completed in 15 minutes by the locals.

Determined lot

“We all got ready by 9 pm and began carrying the heavy load of pipes to the excavated lines. Carrying 330 metres pipe is no mean task. But, we could do it with our determination. In 4 hours and 18 minutes pipelines measuring 3.5 km were laid. All the households in the village were provided drinking water connections,” pointed out Pitla Karunakar.

Womenfolk in the village are elated at the development. “It was festive mood all around as enthusiastic youth and others vied with each other to complete the laying of pipelines.

Our work has inspired other neighbouring villages to replicate our efforts. After Gangadevunipalli and Ibrahimpur, we have also joined the list of model villages,” said Bethi Shakuntala, self help group leader.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Telangana / by Special Correspondent / Malkapur – May 09th, 2016