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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Wells in tribal villages of this Maharashtra district are always dry due to impractical water schemes -Mayuresh Ganapatye

Wells in tribal villages of this Maharashtra district are always dry due to impractical water schemes -Mayuresh Ganapatye

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published Published on Apr 20, 2018   modified Modified on Apr 20, 2018
-IndiaToday.in

Mumbai: While the Indian Meteorological Department's (IMD) prediction for a good monsoon is a relief for farmers and drought affected villages, there are many tribal villages near Mumbai that face water shortage.

These villages are completely dependent on government water tankers as wells have become parched.

Every day the women of Dhamni village in Mokhada district gather at 6 am in anticipation of the government water tanker that comes here daily. However, today the tanker was late, forcing a young boy to enter a well which is almost dry to collect water for his family.

Yashwant Pagari of the same village teaches economics in a local college. He feels the problem has no end as no one is serious about the issue or wants to work on it.

Yashwant and a few local activists had met the local MLA over the issue but they only got verbal assurances and nothing concrete has happened so far.

Residents of Dhamni village have to travel 2-3 kms to another common well to fetch water every time the one in the village runs dry.

These wells that run dry are filled by zila parishad water tankers. "No one is serious about this problem that we have been facing for ages. They should find some permanent solution to it," Yashwant said.

Most tribal villages of Mokhada district experience good rainfall every year but due to the land's low water retentivity, percolated rainwater doesn't stay for long.

By the end of November all these villages start to face shortages. Zila parishad member of Mokhada Prakash Nikam blames the local MLA and MP for not doing anything for the tribals despite there being enough funds.

"It's nothing but lack of political will. If MLAs, MPs of our area decide to solve this problem, within 15 days it will get solved. In Vidarbha's Marathwada area, rain is scarce and so is the availability of water. But here water management is the issue. In our district good rain happens every year but government officers don't implement schemes to their entirety here," Nikam said.

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IndiaToday.in, 18 April, 2018, https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/wells-in-tribal-villages-of-this-maharashtra-district-are-always-dry-due-to-impractical-water-schemes-1215281-2018-04-18


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