By Astral Foundation
Water For India
Water for India is a long-term platform where pipes don’t just carry water—they carry power, dignity, and futures. It is a rebellion—co-led by local changemakers. We don't show up with solutions, we show up with support. If a village faces economic, social, or climate distress, We don't build FOR them. We build WITH them.
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Reforesting girlhood in Piplantri
With Shyam Sunder Paliwal, we turned grief into growth. We laid 13,000 metres of pipes, sustained 400,000+ trees, making it India's 1st eco-feminist forest which restored 72 million+ litres of water flowing.
Carving mountains in Agrotha
With Babita Rajput, we didn't break ground. We broke history. We laid 5,000 metres of complex trench pipes with carry 48 million+ litres of water, and ensured that girls went back to school.
Freezing time in Ladakh
With Sonam Wangchuk and HIAL, we turned meltwater into manmade glaciers. We laid 4,200 metres of pipes, built 9 stupas, which benefitted 10,570 farmers and 93,961 lives, now being adopted in Switzerland, Nepal and Chile.
By Astral Foundation
Water Stress in India
India has 18% of the world's people. But just 4% of the world's water. 85% rely on vanishing groundwater. 40% of that leaks away. Girls drop out of school to fetch it. Mothers walk miles to carry it. Fathers leave villages to chase it. This isn't a water problem. This is a human rights problem.
Parts of rural India aren't just underserved. They're undervalued. A high-need, high-growth regions where brand trust must be earned, not advertised. So we didn't advertise. We acted. We laid pipes where it hurt most. Not as saviours. As partners and enablers.
In Piplantri, men and women pledge to celebrate the birth of their daughters, starting a trust fund in their names that will support their education for minimum 10 years as well as prohibiting marriage until they are 21 years old. The current legal age of marriage in India for women is 18 years.
The greatest weapon against inequality? Education. In a state where 47% of women don't have access to education, Piplantri stands out as a shining example of empowerment through knowledge as 100% of the girls in Piplantri go to school.
In Piplantri, men and women pledge to celebrate the birth of their daughters, starting a trust fund in their names that will support their education for minimum 10 years as well as prohibiting marriage until they are 21 years old. The current legal age of marriage in India for women is 18 years.
With the water level resurging in Piplantri, flora and fauna once threatened with extinction have now found sanctuary and are thriving in the village of Piplantri and its surroundings.
Today, Piplantri has carved a path of eco-independence with home-grown products and crops from a now water-rich ecosystem, thriving with over 2.5 million plants that empower the village's commerce.
