“Oru Oorula Oru Oorani”: a movie highlighting the problems and solutions for drinking water in drought prone districts of Tamil Nadu

18 May, 2009 . 1 min read

The villagers came together to revive ooranis and found an enduring solution to water problems in drought prone districts of Tamil Nadu

The film highlights the problems and solutions for drinking water in drought prone districts of Tamil Nadu. Ooranis are village ponds that were engineered several centuries ago to harvest rainwater.

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