Curated by – NAVIN MEHAR | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Dhar, Villagers from Nalchha block demonstrated outside the collectorate office at Dhar, collectorate to solve the problem of drinking water crisis in this scorching heat. The villagers had reached the collector's office to keep their point. But here the angry villagers sat on the ground and started protesting because of not getting Collector Priyank Mishra. During this, the villagers also raised slogans. After this, Collector Mishra went to meet the villagers and after hearing their problems, immediately called PHE EE Rakesh Davar to the spot. Asked to solve the problems of the villagers on the spot. After this the villagers returned assured.

Congress's divisional spokesperson Revati Raman Rajukhedi had also reached along with the villagers. Under the leadership of Rajukhedi, the villagers had come to meet Collector Mishra with their problems. As the collector was in the meeting, the deputy collector came to listen to the problem. But the villagers remained adamant on meeting the collector only. Along with this, he also staged a sit-in on the ground. After this Collector Mishra himself reached and talked. Meanwhile, Congress leader Rajukhedi apprised the villagers about the drinking water problem being faced by the villagers in Bangred, Kachal and Amkho of Nalchha block and demanded its solution. During this, he also submitted a memorandum.

Given this memorandum: It was told in the memorandum that the work of tap-water schemes has been done by the Public Health Engineering Department Dhar under the Jal Jeevan Mission in the villages of Block Nalchha of Dharampuri Vidhansabha of the district. The schemes have been completed, but people on the ground are dependent on water. Tanks and pipelines have been laid under the scheme. But the source of water itself is not available in the village to make water available to the villagers through the scheme. Crores of rupees were spent on construction only in the name of the scheme. But the tanks were made without looking at the source of water. Due to which the dream of providing water to the villagers has not come true since the completion of the scheme.
In Gram Panchayat Bangred, Kachal, Amkho and other villages of Nalchha block, a tank was constructed under the scheme and a pipeline was laid in the entire village. Crores of rupees were spent on this by the Public Health Engineering Department. But there is no drinking water source available in the village to fill the tank. This was not taken care of before the implementation of the scheme. For this reason, the villagers are wandering for water even after the completion of the scheme. Tanks have been made in Gram Panchayat Bangred and Kachal, due to which there was a plan to provide water to the nearby villages, but the plan failed completely.