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The Vadde community

The incredible vadde people are working on a project in Kalyandurgam town of Anantapur district AndhraPradesh.

The Vadde community is a local stone working community.

The incredible stone workers of Vadde community are working on a project in Rayadurgam town of Anantapur district AndhraPradesh.

The Workers from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have worked to create beautiful stone pitching pattern while providing protection from erosion to the banks of ponds.

Beautiful water tanks are created by the Vadde community workers using unique traditional technique

The community is loosing to the unbeatable bricks and concrete mortar construction industry and the new people are not getting much work making the skills of working with stones getting diminishing.

Vineet Kumar IFS working on ongoing Water Conservation project in Anantapuramu

The community got the window through the current projects by Sri Vineet Kumar IFS, worked as DFO Anantapur. He works mainly on Sustainability, Environment and Eco-tourism involving local communities. Currently he undertook initiative for water conservation in the drought prone Anantapur district. The vadde community involved was involved as part of initiative to highlight their role and skills, also the local stone materials. Ananta Niru Sanrakshanam project is significant in providing employment to local stone working community. It is a win-win situation for the environment, Sustainability and people.

The Vadde people working on Water conservation project in drought prone Anantapur district Andhra Pradesh.
These large water tanks hold million litres of water. The picture of water tank taken after rainfall.

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