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Neerkunram

Neerkundam village lies at a distance of 11 km from Mudhukulathur and 25 km away from Paramakudi in Ramanathapuram District. The village has 30 families and total population is 160. Most of the families depend on agriculture and agriculture based occupations.

Status of Drinking Water in the Village

There are two deep bore wells here. The water is saline in one bore well and it is not fit for drinking. So the people are not using this water to drink. The other well has no water. The people have to travel 2 km to the nearest village, Posukudi to bring water. There is a bore well in this village. Most of the days, they have to wait for getting water. The saline water is only available there also.Even if they walk to bring water, the water is not available at proper timings. There is no oorani in Neerkundam.

Way Forward and Expected Benefits

There is an urgent need for anooranis in the Neerkundam village. If a oorani is constructed for drinking water, the problems for drinking water would be solved. There is no need to travel 2 kms to bring water. The villagers have formed an association to create an oorani for the village. The association will take care of implementation of the work and also ensure its future maintenance.The villagers agreed to contribute Rs. 50,000 out of Rs. 2,50,000 needed for constructing new oorani,

Before Construction

Neerkundam

Villagers Speak Before Construction...

“Twenty years ago we got drinking water in our village, today we have to go to Posukudi village.It is 4 kms away and the water is slighty salty.Our dream to get good drinking water in our own village will come true if we can get our own oorani ”

After Construction

Villagers Speak After Construction...

“The water in the Oorani is like Devamirtham to us...Mr. Sagadevan, The President of Neekundram”

“I just remember the dreary days in my village before constructing this Oorani. I and my children used to travel 5-6 KMs in the morning in hot sun with bare foot to bring drinking water. It was really a disturbing factor for my children to reach the school in time. Many days even they felt tired and used to skip school. It was embarrassing for me to send my son to school without taking bath. Even he complained many times to me, what to do I was not getting time or enough water to give him a bath and send him to school in time. Now my village is self sustainable in drinking water need and we are very happy that we saved our children and future generation from the crisis of drinking water scarcity. Now-a-days I am able to give a bath every day to my children and I get sufficient time for cooking and managing the works in home, since I need not travel and spend more time in search of drinking water now. Yes, this Oorani brought us out of drinking water indebtedness...Smt. Maremma a delighted villager from Neerkundram”

Donors visiting the Oorani

Mr. Das, Indian representative for HR Foundation made a visit to the ooranis supported by HRFoundation at Neerkundram.

Budget

Over the above budget DHAN Foundation contributes Rs. 78,000 by providing professional and techno managerial support to the community.

Donors

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