Clean Water Supply

Just like the other villages, Pitchaia Bavi Thanda is remotely located in the forest, about 5 km. from ASSIST’s area office in Sirigiripadu, and can only be reached through an unpaved and extremely rocky road. The area is coping with a lack of water sources and only a few wells provide the villages with water through improvised constructions. Pipelines lead to a communal water well in the villages and from there a disorganised system of tubes leads the water to the houses. Those who are not connected by tubes just come to the wells to collect their daily water supply. A fragile system, not only because of the improvised construction, but also because water is not guaranteed in case of drought.