Bhagavad Gita 7.8

raso ’ham apsu kaunteya
prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ
praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu
śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṁ nṛṣu

रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययो: ।
प्रणव: सर्ववेदेषु शब्द: खे पौरुषं नृषु ॥ ८ ॥

O son of Kuntī, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable oṁ in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man.

Water Wells & Forest Management

In nearly 500 villages in Braj, there is a scarcity of clean water fit for drinking. Furthermore, due to a lack of resources, there are not enough water pumps to meet the villagers’ needs.

So far, GIVE has installed 70 water pumps and planted more than 1500 trees in Sudevi sakhis dham, Champak lata sakhis dham and in Vrindavan dham.

Hand pumps were installed in Kamai, Chiksoli, Rakoli, Dabala, Unchagaon and Sunehra villages solving the drinking water problem. Pandit Baba said that by the grace of saints, GIVE and LIVE are supporting the education of the young girls of Vraj and they didn’t stop at that, they’ve installed hand pumps in the Astasakhi villages, that shows their service attitude.

If anyone would like to sponsor a well then these are the costings:

• Installation of hand pump – £700
• Installation of electric pump – £1000
• Dakshina for priest – £50
• Dakshina for village Gopikas – £100
• Feast for village – £350
• Total cost of Hand-Pump – £1150

GIVE works closely with the Local Panchayats and leaders to understand how we could assist in the practical reformation in our field of operation. We learned that water is a big issue when interacting with the local leaders. Due to a lack of infrastructure, villagers struggle to access water for drinking and carrying out their household chores.

We are now undertaking projects to try to rectify this problem. GIVE obtains a letter of authority for tube wells from the local pradhan. Apart from providing better water sources, GIVE is working on various afforestation and rural landscaping projects to enhance the environmental balance in rural areas.

On the outskirts of Vrindavan, upon finalizing the site, the land is being drilled for tube well installation. Upon finishing a tube well site, the workers clear out the land to install the tube well. GIVE first finds the point where groundwater is accessible, then does proper testing, then, with the permission of local administrators, installs wells, tube wells and boreholes so that the water deficiency problem to an extent is resolved. Our entire team works with state of the art equipment to optimise efficiency. GIVE is pleased to be an instrument in making the lives of the villagers better. GIVE with local leaders inaugurating a tube well site. After installing a well, the women happily come to fetch water.