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Villagers of Vadner Bhairav, located near Nashik, banded together to save their village from a water shortage by building ponds and barrages, growing grapes, and incorporating sustainable methods of farming to mitigate the crisis

Around 3,500 residents of Hingangaon village in Maharashtra came together to raise Rs 1 crore as funds to conserve rainwater. The village is now tanker-free, and recorded 300 acres of sugarcane cultivation for the first time in 40 years