aurangabad with an aim to solve the water scarcity issue in anjandoh village around 20km from here the confederation of real estate developers association of india credai has joined hands with the local residents jal jeevan sanstha and lions club icon for constructing two shirpurpattern check dams in the village the project which would help arrest rain water and increase underground water level was inaugurated on sunday and is scheduled to be completed in 15 to 20 days said sunil patil president of the credais aurangabad chapterthe two dams would save around 15 crore litres of water which would solve the drinking water problem as well as agricultural needs said sanstha pradeep patil director of jal jeevan sansthahe said the dam on dudhana river had got extensively damaged after the heavy rains in 2013 so the village could not stock water and has been reeling under severe drought conditionthe village with a population of around 3000 people is depending on tankers we are sure that these projects would make the village tankerfree next year patil said the project envisages reconstruction of the damaged dam and construction of a new one with an estimated cost of rs 15 lakh the length of the new dam would be 32m while the depth would be around 10feet he saidlast year credai had constructed five shirpurpattern dams in satara area of the the city the area with around 90000 population was reeling under severe water crisis due to absence of piped water and insufficient tanker supply