Eco India: How an army of women in Vellore resurrected a river that once served as their lifeline

Every week, Eco India brings you stories of innovations from across India and Europe, and the people who make them possible. Our top story this week looks at a small group of women in Vellore, who have built more than 600 recharge wells over the last four years, ensuring a six metre-rise in groundwater levels, and the revival of a once-dead river. ********** CREDITS: Supervising Producer: Nooshin Mowla Director of Photography: Omkar Phatak Video Editor: Sujit Lad Field Producer: Aditi Rajagopal Researcher: James Roy Assistant Producers: Dewang Trivedi, Shibika Suresh Script and Executive Producer: Sannuta Raghu ********** Eco India is a co-production between DW and Scroll.in. You can watch the full episodes on scroll.in/ecoindia For more explainers, and the web’s most interesting videos - https://scroll.in/video/ For the latest news and analysis - https://scroll.in Follow Scroll.in here - Facebook: https://facebook.com/scroll.in/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/scroll_in Instagram: https://instagram.com/scroll_in/

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