1. Purulia Drought: Update June 29, 2011

2. Current status Monsoon has arrived! Total 45 wells were re-excavated/de-silted; The crisis has been averted for now; Working on a long term solution as proposed in the second part of the proposal

3. Work done No.PanchayatVillageWell locationFamiliesDe-siltation (ft)Re-excavation (ft)SoilCost (Rs) 1BaghmundiKudlungShib Mandir35106Hard13,800 2BaghmundiKudlungHari Mandir45810Hard20,400 3BaghmundiChanoNamo Para40107Rocky15,600 4BaghmundiChano359No ring, only hard soil excavationRocky4,700 5BaghmundiSarakdiHari Mandir457Rocky4,100 6Baghmundi Near Nutan Bandh6010Hard and rocky5,000 7Baghmundi Durga Mandir8010Hard and rocky5,000 8Baghmundi Old Hat Tala4598Hard and rocky17,100 9BaghmundiSaradapallyMLC Office4086Rocky13,200 10BaghmundiBhabanipurBDO well35109Hard and rocky19,200 11BaghmundiBhabanipurNear Raj Bari25127Rocky12,600 12MathaKitadiUpar Para3585Hard11,400 13MathaMadhya Para 4358Hard and rocky15,900 14MathaSonkupiMachuwar Para25109Hard19,200 15MathaSonkupiMondal Para2287Hard15,000 16MathaSonkupiMadhya Para32510Hard and rocky19,500 17BirgramSrabandiDom Para2215No ring, only hard soil excavationHard and rocky6,500 18BirgramSrabandiUppar Para4110 Hard and rocky5,000 19SindriHaridiNamo Para505Hard2,000 20Sindri Mahabir Mandir1005Rocky2,000 Total227,200

4. Funding status ASHA Central funded Rs. 2,00,000 Lakh for 25 wells; Original proposal to AID asked for Rs. 2,25,000 for 25 wells; AID Central sent: Rs. 1,25,000 AID Penn State sent: Rs. 50,000 20 wells was re-excavated from the original proposal to AID; Total cost of AID supported wells: Rs. 2,27,200 Remaining: Rs. 52,200

5. Funding status No other AID chapter is considering this part now; AID LA, and AID Boston is considering the second part (long term) of the proposal; MLC used up funds from another project to complete the work and now need to replenish their original funds; We approved up to Rs. 1,00,000 depending on how other chapters contribute; This leaves MLC Rs. 2,200 short of the actual cost.

6. Proposition for vote 1.To amend the funding amount of original proposal from Rs. 1,00,000 to Rs. 1,02,200 for the SOS part of the proposal; 2.To send the rest of the money from the approved funding (i.e., Rs. 52,200) immediately to finalize the account of this part of the proposal.