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Social organisation from Palghar proposes to drill bores in 200 hamlets over next 3 years

Thane, May 12 (UNI) After successfully drilling 25 bores and providing potable drinking water to the hundreds of villagers in the hamlets in predominantly tribal talukas of the Palghar district, the Pragati Pratishthan, a social organisation, now plans to strike the bores in as many as 200 hamlets in the next three years.
Announcing this here today, Sunanda Patwardhan, chairperson of the Pratishthan, said in addition to providing drinking water, the organisation has carried out several works to transform the life of the tribals.
She said that they have installed solar pumps on the wells for the farming purposes in the villages where electricity has not reached as yet.
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