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Investing in water

In north Tamil Nadu, small water bodies in villages are called kulams or kuttais. In the south, they go by the name ooranies. Lots of them have already been encroached upon, while a few have been revived. Swahilya visits a oorani that was revived recently. Here is what she found AMUTHA walks down a few steps to the reach the village pond, fills her plastic kudam with water and carries it back home for drinking and cooking. She does not wash her feet in the pond. Nor does she wash her clothes there. No, you won

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