Reeling under severe water scarcity, the Beed district has found a new lease of life in natural water streams. The Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana (BJS) has undertaken desilting work of 100 lakes and the workers have come across natural sources of water that are proving to be life-savers for the parched district.

The work began around a month and a half ago in five tehsils of the district and desilting of four lakes has already been completed. BJS planning to desilt the rest of the sites by June 15 and work is already on 83 lakes sites.