Distressed by the pathetic state of a village in Dholpur district, devoid of basic infrastructure to sustain life, a medical student here has launched a campaign to improve the living conditions for about 350 villagers. As the village falls within the Municipal Council’s jurisdiction, it is deprived of the benefits of schemes designed for panchayats.
The lone government primary school has only a few students.
Ironically, the villagers living in the vicinity of the river have no access to clean drinking water. They drink highly polluted water directly from Chambal, where the animal carcasses can be seen floating.
Ashwani Parashar, a final year MBBS student in Sawai Man Singh Government Medical College here, told The Hindu on Wednesday that he was shocked to see the condition of Rajghat when he visited the village first time last year. “Seventy years after Independence, this village is covered in darkness and despair.
With this plea, he has moved a public interest litigation in the Rajasthan High Court, which has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and others.