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drought-can still be so greedy. It taught us a life-long lesson. There was an established chain of corruption from root to the. During elections, candidates pour money only to recover it through such projects. Their objective to win the election is to only gain personal profit through corruption in such public projects. In Mandewadi, we gave food to the entire village in that temporary wedding hall and announced the work of the pipeline. I personally got into the JCB to start the work. Work got over in only 8 days. We set up taps in the village. I finished my work and went back to Satara but as soon as I left, the owner of the well, through which the water was distributed to the entire village, started creating problems. He was against the use of his private well for general people of the village. But in India, water is not private property. I posted this order of the high court in a WhatsApp group called 'Knowing yourself”. When the owner saw this order of the high court, his opposition faded away. He knew that I was not going to succumb to his pressure and that I had already sent Dr.Sadam Munde to jail who was a very wealthy and a known doctor in the area. He knew that he was dealing with the wrong person. People also used to get scared of this image of mine, but the image had its perks too. Government officials who otherwise wouldn't work started working on our projects, realising my strength and background. After completing work in Mangewadi, we put up a board outside the village stating 'The village has been made tanker-free with the help of Crompton'. Similarly, we worked in 2 more villages to make them tanker free. 'Community Kitchen'idea was still hovering in my mind. But the villagers told us that instead of giving food to everybody in the village in the evening we should focus on giving food to the family members, who have gone to animal shelters with their animals. Almost every family had seen one of their member going to the animal shelter with their
