That was until The Art of Living built recharge structures under its River Rejuvenation Project. The water level in Gowda’s borewell has since risen to 450 ft from 30 ft.Farmers and villagers like Gowda are now joining hands with Art of Living to save and revive their water bodies . “At the grassroots levels, the focus is to create awareness about reviving rivers, cleaning the water bodies and mobilising volunteers for the project,” the spiritual leader said. “We first want to work on smaller water bodies in the state to help farmers who face poverty and water crisis due to lack of water. “We are awaiting permissions from the government to start work on Bengaluru’s lakes,” Sri Sri said.

Source: Economic Times December 06, 2017 08:48 UTC