Structures in Village Gudda:

  • Naal ka banda, with a storage capacity of 51,537,640 litres
  • Ghasi baba ka banda, with a storage capacity of 10,112,840 litres
  • Bhagat ji ka Gulla nadi, with a storage capacity 4,464,900 litres

As a consequence of the percolation into the ground, 10 hand pumps primarily from Naal ka banda, most of which had been dry for the past five years are now providing sweet water to the village. Two irrigation wells which had been dry for the past 5 years now have water at 80 ft., something unheard of in the region. This village used to get water from tankers from villages a few kilometres away. Today this village sends out 20 tankers (5000 litres each) of water every day to provide water to other neighbouring villages like Bawali, Balaji ki dhani, Jhag, Sant ki dhani, Aao at Rs200 per tanker. People also sell water to the salt production units at Rs400 per tanker.

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Profile: Village Gudda (as narrated by Babli Devi and Choti Devi)
Profile: Village Gudda (as narrated by Babli Devi and Choti Devi)