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“By locking it, villagers are ensuring that water is not wasted on any non-drinking purpose,” he said. We need to survive till monsoon,” he said.Panchayat development officer (PDO) AS Rajesh confirmed that the villagers are indeed locking the open well. Villagers said locking the well is nothing but a bid to ensure that no one draws more than the fixed quantity of water in a day. MYSURU: The locked up ‘open’ well of Medaganane village in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district sums up the summer anxieties of 30 Soliga families. Rama, a local resident, said that a family is allotted 8 pots of water every day..