While the culture of 'shramadana' (voluntary work) is on the wane, a group of young people from Kolar demonstrated how Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas can be used to help people.
A number of young people from Arabhikottanur village in Kolar, came forward for the voluntary clean-up of the open well, which is the major source of drinking water for its residents.
While the ground water-level in the region is more than 1,500-feet deep, the open-well which is only about 50-feet deep, is fetching abundant sweet water. Villagers draw water from this well alone for drinking purpose. The silt-accumulation in the well became the cause of concern as availability of water is going down by the day.
To calm the residents, a few young men gathered to de-silt and clean the well.
While some climbed down on Sunday to remove the silt, others pulled the silt with the help of rope. As the silt was removed slowly, the well began to brim with water.
“We feel happy to see that the open well in our village is now able to provide more water and quench the thirst of local people”, one of the volunteer Chandrashekhar said.
