Believers Church installs tube wells in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: As the country reels under the brunt of heat and water scarcity, Believers Church has decided to set up tube wells and hand pumps to reach out to the worst-affected areas and communities. As a part of the drive, they are installing hand pumps to benefit thousands of people in Uttar Pradesh.

"Due to heat and scarcity, villagers are struggling to even procure water for drinking let alone the daily chores. Take for example Dumirya village where members of 35 laborer families were walking many miles every day when water tankers did not arrive. Since they are daily wage laborers, this in turn was affecting their livelihood," Father Abhishek Sahai, who leads the Lucknow division, said.

The hand pumps are being installed in 98 villages across various districts like Allahabad, Varanasi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Sonbadra, Bareilly, Agra, Pilibhit, Kashganj, Kannauj and Sitapur.

Dr K P Yohannan, Metropolitan of Believers Church, said, "Our brothers and sisters across the country are facing acute brunt of heat as well as water shortage. There is not much we can do to counter nature's ways. But we can definitely stand by people and create resources to help people in every way that we can."

Last month the Mumbai division of the church reached out to the drought victims of Latur by supplying water and food to the 12 most affected villages of the region.