Shirpur is a remote village in Maharashtra, prone to extreme conditions of drought. Shirpur has very scanty rainfall and the locals there aided by geologists have come up with a remarkable initiative to preserve the rainwater there.
Thanks to their efforts, the groundwater table in the area has risen from 800 feet to a stunning 60 feet. This is nothing short of a miracle? How was this made possible? What was the effort that went into this? Is it possible to replicate this miracle elsewhere?
Naturally, these are the questions that will invade the mind of any reasonable individual and one hero from Tollywood is actually currently in Shirpur, studying the whole exercise in detail. He is Manchu Vishnu.
“I am involved with something that makes me happy,” said Vishnu in relation to his current avocation.
Vishnu also said that many areas in his native district of Chittoor were facing the same problem as Shirpur. If Vishnu can replicate the Shirpur miracle in his native district, he will earn the blessings of the Telugu people.