Can you believe that 8 lakh years after a supervolcano erupted in Indonesia, the ash from the explosion can still be found all the way here in India, in a tiny village 100-km from Pune? But it won't be around much longer if left to the neglectful authorities, who have done nothing to preserve the archaeological marvel.

For years, this prehistoric ash and gravel has been washed away by human activities such as sand mining. Fortunately, the locals now have taken matters into their own hands. The villagers of Bori Khurd and Bori Budruk have pooled together R3.5 lakh, and on December 6, they began barricading the archaeological site, to prevent trespassers from damaging it.