Amreli farmer keeps village hydrated with his tractor

Rajkot: Amreli farmer turns Lord Varuna for parched villagers by taking the cudgels of distributing drinking water especially at a time when water supply remains suspended owing to electricity outage owing to the cyclone.
Kalu Patgir a farmer of Meriyana near Savarkundla uses tractor to distribute water in the village with a population of 2,000 after they started facing water shortage because supply couldn’t be done through the pipelines. The PGVCL had claimed it restored electricity while power supply was available only during night time.
Patgir laid plastic sheet in the trolly of his tractor and started loading water from a point where groundwater is fetched using diesel pump. “I utilized plastic that’s used in the godowns to protect material from rain. I got this idea after I saw the plight of women who were struggling for potable water as they couldn’t get any for the past one week,” said the innovative do-gooder who has been on the job ever since.