This is a story of a drought prone area in a remote village of Beed district. The village consists of a large majority of migrant population where men and young boys go out of the village for work more than 6 months in a year. The women and children stay back in the village. During the summer season, the women faced a lot of difficulties in fetching water from far off places and like every year they were dependent on men to provide them the solution to this. However, things never changed over the years. The Tanishka group in the village got together, had a series of brainstorming sessions and finally they came up with a solution. They took up spades and started filling up the spaces with sack bags filled in the river stream. Eight sites were identified for the propensity of their water holding capacity. Reservoir pockets were made and sites for creating embankments were identified. Commonly known as Vanrai bandhare (forest check dams) in the state, the design of these embankments involves laying sacks across reservoir pockets on slopes. This helped in water storage across the river steam.

The success built a lot of confidence in women and they were energized to take up new projects. Due to the water conservation a lot of problems faced by the village were curbed. The water table in the village increased and there was now an abundance of water in the local agricultural fields. The women wanted toilets to be built for their households. They were aware of the government schemes and negotiated with the Gramsevak to sanction the funds. 40 toilets were sanctioned and the family, through their participation in labor costs built the toilets. Today the village is aiming to be a 100% defecation free village. The total project cost was only Rs. 1234/- and in return the women got respect and dignity from the men for doing something which would have taken them years.