with Sri Ganesh

- 16-01-06:

Visitors from the Ashram donated = Rs. 50/-

Balance credit = Rs. 1,196/-

On that same day, Gerard and Bitti of Auro-Orchard have agreed that I go ahead with the boring of an independent well. (This was after many months of waiting and being refused permission by the various working groups/)

- 19-01-06:

As of this day, the donations, mostly from Gita and her lady friends of Amritsar, that had been deposited in the Bank amount to: CB = Rs. 69,783/- (this does not include the two Fixed Deposits which Kusum had me co-sign with her, amounting to, respectively, Rs. 22,978.28 and Rs. 6,682.30).

- 20-01-06:

Withdrawn from the Bank Rs. 10,000/- CB = Rs. 59,783/-

On that day the boring team brings in the equipment and sets the rig over the spot selected by Subhayah.

- 21-01-06:

Paid to the boring team an advance of Rs. 5,000/- And for the Dakshina Puja Rs. 300/-

The boring work starts at 12.50 am.

- 23-01-06:

Reaching water at a depth of 140’.

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