People4People Launches 10 Neeru Kendras in Channapatna on World Water Day 2026
In association with RxDx Clinics, People4People inaugurates 10 Community RO Water Units across Bengaluru Rural — providing clean, affordable drinking water to communities where access matters most.
Published: March 22, 2026 | Channapatna, Bengaluru Rural
Overview
On March 22, 2026 — World Water Day — People4People, in association with RxDx Clinics, inaugurated 10 Community RO Water Units (Neeru Kendras) across Channapatna, Bengaluru Rural.
Each Neeru Kendra provides Shuddhe Neeru — clean, RO-purified drinking water sourced from local borewells — at ₹5 per 20 litres, designed for round-the-clock community access and maintained by local gram panchayats.
Water is not just about thirst. Contaminated or inaccessible drinking water is one of the most direct drivers of preventable illness — waterborne diseases that strain household finances and disproportionately affect children and the elderly. Reliable access to clean water means fewer sick days, lower medical costs, and the quiet dignity of not having to wonder whether the water is safe.
About People4People
This initiative is consistent with who People4People is and what it has always done.Founded in 2007 by Dr Sunita Maheshwari and Dr Arjun Kalyanpur — the Yale-alumnus physician couple who co-founded The Telerad Group — People4People began with a simple but powerful observation: government schools across India had land but no playgrounds, and children from economically weaker backgrounds had nowhere to simply play. That gap became a mission. Since 2007, P4P has equipped over 500 government school campuses across six states with high-quality outdoor play infrastructure, directly impacting tens of thousands of children each year.
The Neeru Kendra initiative marks a meaningful expansion of P4P's mandate — from children's play infrastructure into community water access and public health — grounded in the same founding principle: practical, on-ground solutions that create lasting change.
P4P's vision:
A world where every child experiences the joy of play, communities benefit from sustainable solutions, and individuals are empowered with practical skills — through real, on-ground impact.
World Water Day 2026: Water and Gender
World Water Day 2026 carried the theme "Water and Gender" and the global message: Where water flows, equality grows. In communities without reliable water access, women and girls carry a disproportionate burden — managing collection, household needs, and the time cost that comes with both. When clean water reaches closer to home, something larger shifts alongside it.
The Inauguration
The 10 Neeru Kendras were inaugurated by Padma Shri Dr C N Manjunath, Member of Parliament, Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha Constituency, Dr Sunita Maheshwari and Dr Arjun Kalyanpur, People4People Trustees — whose support and active championing brought this initiative from intent to ground reality.
At the inauguration, Dr Manjunath reflected on what drives meaningful community action. Clean drinking water, he said, is not a facility — it is every citizen's fundamental right. He attributed the initiative to three things: heart — spoken with quiet intention in a room shared with People4People Trustee Dr Sunita Maheshwari and Dr Arjun Kalyanpur, two physicians who have spent their lives caring for the human heart; kindness — the donors who ensured these units could be built and kept within every household's reach; and hard work — the partners who made sure each of the ten units wasn't just launched, but lived in.
Key Attendees
- Dr Sunita Maheshwari, Trustee, People4People
- Dr Arjun Kalyanpur, Trustee, People4People
- Ms Dhanalakshmi, Bayer Foundation
- Mr Ashwani Sinha, Chief Impact Officer, The Telerad Group
- Ms Dipika Bedi, Chief People Officer, The Telerad Group
- Ms Vanishree, Finance and Project Co-ordinator, People4People
- Ms Suma, Senior Manager – Operations, The Telerad Group
- Ms Anindita Choudhury, Mr Suresh Nair, Advocacy & Communication
The inauguration was also attended by elected representatives and community leaders from across Channapatna taluk.
| Sl No | Location | Gram Panchayath |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheera Gudde Village | Dashavara Grama Panchayath |
| 2 | Ramanathapura Village | Makali Grama Panchayath |
| 3 | S C Colony, Rampura Village | Rampura Grama Panchayath |
| 4 | S C Colony, Kudluru Village | Kudluru Grama Panchayath |
| 5 | Santhemogenahalli Doddi | Kudluru Grama Panchayath |
| 6 | A V Halli Village | Sulleri Grama Panchayath |
| 7 | Iggaluru Village | Iggaluru Grama Panchayath |
| 8 | Y T Halli Village | Y T Halli Grama Panchayath (SC) |
| 9 | Ward No. 31, Channapatna Town | Channapatna |
| 10 | Ward No. 21, Channapatna Town | Channapatna |
