Residents of village Bharutola are facing severe potable water crisis as the three wells along with the sole borewell have parched up leaving no scope for villagers to obtain drinking water.
The shortage of drinking water in the village has compelled villagers to travel long distance to obtain water.
The complaint filed in the session of Jan Sunvai held recently has also failed to provide some relief to villagers.
According to information, villagers of Bharutola are faced with serious problem of obtaining drinking water.
Reason behind the water scarcity is that four water resources in the village, including three wells and one bore well, have dried up.
The sole hand pump in the village is unable to cater to the needs of villagers as the water level has receded beyond the pipe line fitted inside the bore well.
With no alternate arrangement to fetch water, villagers are forced to travel long distance to obtain water in adjoining village by carrying water tumblers on bicycle and bullock-carts.
An application was handed over to the District Collector seeking some alternate arrangement to supply drinking water in the village.
After the complaint pertaining to dearth of drinking water came to fore in Jan Sunvai, this correspondent visited the village and found that members of villagers are faced with drinking water crisis.
“With no attention given by the administration, we are forced to travel around 7 kilometres to obtain water from river.” The villagers are tired of covering long distance for water for daily routine work.