Banaskantha’s Bukoli village. As evident in the video clip, it’s cemetery filled with gando baval/the mad tree. “Ben, when someone dies in the …

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Recently, at a specially organised event we planted trees in Bharkawada village. A leading daily covered the event in a very meaningful way …

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A pledge to make Banaskantha green and water sufficient… A couple of years ago, we launched a campaign to make Banaskantha green and …

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Water… I don’t think it needs an introduction. The waters of Narmada reached the lake of Banaskantha’s Dama, where the villagers were eager for …

Read More "It was a dream come true for the farmers of the village who had been waiting for years to witness their lake filled with water."

You did it, that too in such a short period!!”  Dhedhal’s Govakaka tells us. VSSM and Dhedhal village share an old friendship. The …

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“This is rainwater,” Kataav sarpanch Maheshbhai clarified as we had assumed that the water in its village lake was from Narmada. It was …

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“Where are you headed, Kaka?” someone asked Nathakaka while he passed through the village. “Mahodiye!” “to book your place?” “No, to dig pits.” …

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Bharkawada is one unique village that did not register a single hospitalization or death during the Covid second wave. While rarely has a …

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Across the villages there is a growing noise around dwindling groundwater tables. Since last several years, VSSM endeavours to recharge these water tables …

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The farmers of Madhya Pradesh’s Devas district took out a funeral procession of the borewell pump. The farmers were using the borewells to …

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