Anand Asolkar, a mechanical engineer, who runs his firm, Positive Engineers (Aurangabad) is trying to widen the dead rivers in Aurangabad. This is widened Pedganga river which originates from Mahesh mad hills near Ellora caves. With the help of local villages, 6.5 km of Pedganga was widened last year before monsoon. This has ensured less water scarcity this summer. Dugwells along Pedganga river still have water.