<p class="title">Uppinangady Gram Panchayat member Sannanna alias Sanjeeva Madivala, who entered and cleaned an abandoned well, came in for praise from all quarters. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Sanjeeva Madivala, a member of Ward 2 in Uppinangady Gram Panchayat, passing by ward number 1, used to see the well which was surrounded by the wild growth and not being used by the residents.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A local resident Kailar Rajagopal Bhat, after ascertaining that the water was not polluted, appealed to the GP members to clean the public well and make it fit for public use.</p>.<p class="bodytext">GP members swung into action and arrived at the spot of the abandoned well. However, labourers, who had no prior experience of cleaning wells, refused to enter the well.</p>.<p class="bodytext">GP member Sannanna alias Sanjeeva Madivala immediately entered the well with the help of a rope and removed the wild growth. Dry leaves and twigs inside the well were removed with the help of baskets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Local GP members, including Vidyalakshmi Prabhu and U T Tousif, said though Madivala represented another ward, he did not think twice about entering and cleaning an abandoned well located in a different ward.</p>
<p class="title">Uppinangady Gram Panchayat member Sannanna alias Sanjeeva Madivala, who entered and cleaned an abandoned well, came in for praise from all quarters. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Sanjeeva Madivala, a member of Ward 2 in Uppinangady Gram Panchayat, passing by ward number 1, used to see the well which was surrounded by the wild growth and not being used by the residents.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A local resident Kailar Rajagopal Bhat, after ascertaining that the water was not polluted, appealed to the GP members to clean the public well and make it fit for public use.</p>.<p class="bodytext">GP members swung into action and arrived at the spot of the abandoned well. However, labourers, who had no prior experience of cleaning wells, refused to enter the well.</p>.<p class="bodytext">GP member Sannanna alias Sanjeeva Madivala immediately entered the well with the help of a rope and removed the wild growth. Dry leaves and twigs inside the well were removed with the help of baskets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Local GP members, including Vidyalakshmi Prabhu and U T Tousif, said though Madivala represented another ward, he did not think twice about entering and cleaning an abandoned well located in a different ward.</p>
