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Even in the 21st century, these Chhattisgarh villagers are unable to access clean drinking water. Their battle to ensure it has been going on for over 20 years now.
Access to clean drinking water is a luxury.
Villager’s in Chattisgarh’s Doomar Para belong to that set of people.
In Doomar Para, an area spread over 8 km from central HQ of Balrampur district, the residents are forced to survive using water from a river. The locals living in the region claim that they have been facing the water woes since the last 20 years.
We face too many difficulties (sic)," a villager told ANI.
The villagers say that their area is not just deprived of basic necessities like water but that the government’s welfare schemes are also off limits.
The current situation shows how unfortunate people living in some parts of our nation are where one has to wait 20 years to get clean drinking water.