The residents of Chingnar village in Chhattisgarh were filled with angst because of the lack of clean, hygienic water. Their children fell sick by drinking contaminated water from the local ponds, and they wished for a borewell to be fixed. But they waited for this miraculous change to take place by itself. When Khirendra Yadav, Video Volunteers Community Correspondent became aware of this situation, he changed the mindset of the people. After doing a video report on the water problem, he gathered the community for a meeting and educated them about their rights. Motivated by the initiative taken by Khirendra, the community, along with him went to the Gram Panchayat office and officially requested the District president to install a borewell in the village.
Today, due to their own initiative, the community of Chingnar village has a borewell with clean, drinking water.
Community correspondent Khirendra Yadav reports from Chhattisgarh for Video Volunteers.
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