Anupgarh: The Rajasthan authorities claims to offer pure ingesting water to each citizen of the state, however because of the negligence of the native paperwork, the villagers of village 6 APM in Anupgarh are pressured to drink contaminated ingesting water for the final 8 months. Both the tanks of the water works within the village have been fully broken. A useless goat has been mendacity in a single tank for the final 4 days. Despite this, the water provide division didn’t pay any consideration to it. This contaminated water is being provided to the homes of the villagers. At the identical time, District Collector Avadhesh Meena took this matter severely and gave crucial directions to the officers of the water provide division.
Villagers submitted a memorandum to the Collector: Villagers of village 6 APM met District Collector Awadhesh Meena on Wednesday beneath the management of farmer chief Jalandhar Singh and introduced the issue of contaminated ingesting water earlier than him. Villagers mentioned that many individuals have fallen unwell as a consequence of contaminated water. A month in the past, villagers had additionally staged a dharna on this situation, however the issue has not been resolved but.
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Farmer chief Jalandhar Singh Toor mentioned that there are two water works tanks within the village, which are actually fully broken. Apart from this, the faucet that pours water from the canal into the tank has additionally damaged, as a consequence of which rain and drain water goes into the tank. The villagers alleged that the officers of the water provide division have been knowledgeable about this drawback many instances, however no motion was taken. This contaminated water is being provided to 400 homes within the village, as a consequence of which the chance of illnesses has elevated.
Demand for speedy motion from the authorities: A villager mentioned {that a} goat has been useless within the tank for 4 days. The staff of the water provide division have been knowledgeable to take away it, however no motion has been taken to this point. The villagers have submitted a memorandum to the District Collector demanding speedy restore of the tanks and provide of pure ingesting water.
