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Bringing water back to Tamil Nadu's farms

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Krithiga Narayanan
February 6, 2023

A former software engineer in Tamil Nadu has found rewarding work in the restoration of lakes, tanks and rivers. It's helped more than a thousand families return to farming lands they had long given up as lost.

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