The article entitled, “Incredible Medepally: so clean and green” written by Usha Turaga-Revelli, a senior journalist based in Hyderabad in 25 Dec 2008 highlights that perhaps no other village is cleaner than Medepally in Khamman district of Andhra Pradesh. According to the study there is 100-per cent toilet coverage to rain water harvesting; from soak pits in every house to clean streets Medepally has done it all.

This case study describes about the 525 members of the 48 SHGs in Medepally haven't limited their good work to maintaining sanitation in the village. They have also got together to provide clean drinking water and ensure maintenance of the ground water and water purification plant set up underneath the main water tank of Medepally by the SHGs, the chief source of drinking. According to study, the women worked out cost of the purified water and also chalked out a timeframe in which to recover the money spent on the project. Today, a 20-litre can of purified water is sold at a mere one rupee. Similar sized cans bought from nearby towns come at the commercial price of Rs.40. A minimum of 300 cans are supplied to the village households in a day. This results in a monthly income of not less that Rs.10,000 to the woman's self help group.