Ashok Nagar: Villages still fighting for basic amenities like water and more!

A distant village in Madhya Pradesh, despite 75 years of Independence, lives in complete darkness and poverty. Residents have neither been provided with the basic facilities nor have received proper benefits from any schemes offered by the government. One such scheme is Ladli Behen Yojna accessible to all eligible women in the state. 

This is Mathiya Devendra Nagar village in Ashok Nagar district, Northern part of Madhya Pradesh. The only time the village is given promises and importance is during the election since the village consists of around 200 voters. 

Development disparity

The villagers begin their day by walking for 2 km to get water for their daily use. There are around four pits each with a depth of 3 ft that helps the village sustain itself during summers. Approximately, 40 households depend on these four pits for water. The path which leads to the pit is filled with unpaved rough roads. Apart from rocky roads, the village has kutcha houses and does not even have an electricity connection.

The village had three borewells out of which two failed and the third is 600 ft deep. Due to the lack of electricity, the villagers cannot use the motor to draw water from the well. 

The nearest Kadwaya road built under the PM Gramin Sadak Yojana is 4 km away from Isagarh town. The inaccessibility to proper healthcare is a huge concern during monsoon or urgent situations. Most of the time the patient is carried or laid on a cot and taken to the hospital. 

The villagers rely on agriculture on their limited land for sustenance. Additionally, they work in nearby areas for livelihood. According to Dainik Bhaskar report, the infrastructure to provide electricity didn’t provide any solutions to the villagers. Reportedly, the wires were stolen further delaying the interventions. Hence, the villagers still depend on the chimney fires to light up their homes at night. 

Conclusion

In response to this the District Panchayat CEO Dr, Neha Jain has mentioned that a team is being sent to the village for investigation. In addition, the Public Health Engineering department of MP, has been directed to find an alternative and a solution to the water crisis in the village immediately. 

The villagers are angry and disappointed for not being given due attention by the government. False hopes are given to them every election year and then life goes back to being the same for them.

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