The Berhampur Children’s Federation celebrated the World Water Day by organising meetings and awareness rallies at different slums here on Tuesday.
The children visited door to door at their respective slums, including Raghupati Nagar, Gramadevati Street, Jaganath Nagar, Ambapua, lanjipalli Goudabandha Street and New Khadasingi to make the people understand the importance and need of water. They also highlighted how water scarcity and unhygienic water supply have direct impact on their lives, including health issues. They demanded clean, hygiene and adequate water supply for various purposes to all slums in the city.
The child activists urged the Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED) to set up extra public taps, increase in the timing of water supply to three hours and two times a day.
Among others, federation members Smruti Sahu, Amit Das, Mamali Das, Rudra Narayan Das, Goutam Das, Asha Das, Kalia Das, Eswari Nayak, Ashish Rao, Santoshi Maharana took part. The children were facilitated by members of the Youth for Social Development (YSD).