A poor farmer single-handedly digs up a well in 20 days on his land in Madhya Pradesh to give his drought-hit village water for irrigation and daily use.
But, it wasn’t easy for Bhagwan Singh, 38, of Nevari village in Agar district. He owns two bighas (about.8 acres) of farm land on the outskirts of the village. Watching him dig a well, almost everybody thought he had gone crazy after suffering crop losses for two years due to water paucity. However, all his critics have now become his fans after he dug a 90-foot deep well in just about 20 days and gave 650-odd villagers access to the well. Read more...
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Hindustan Times
