Water has found its way into Janaki's home | Milaap

Water has found its way into Janaki's home

Janaki was sitting outside her house with a friend of hers, who had got her a tiny green chilly plant so she could place it in the backyard, when I met her one surprisingly pleasant Monday afternoon. Janaki took a loan from Guardian eight months ago to get a water connection inside her house. She's been making the monthly installment payment of Rs.325 towards fulfilling her liability. There are five members in her house. Her husband passed away a few years ago. Now she lives with her son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren. Before getting the water connection, she and her daughter-in-law had to catch collect water in large vessels from the common tap outside her house, shared by ten to fifteen other houses. Water would come once in two days and there would be long queues to get water. Now that she has a water connection inside her house, her family saves a lot of time and effort. They attach a hose pipe to the tap and fill up a small tank built on the ground in her backyard. Life is much simpler now for her and all the members in her house. 

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Janaki with her new water connection


Janaki with her new water connection