A Central drought relief team visited the drought affected villages of Vidisha and Tikamgarh districts on Wednesday and took stock of the drought situation arising from the scanty rains. Principal Secretary, Revenue, Arun Pandey accompanied the team.
The Central team visited the drought-affected villages of Agrapathar and Tiloni of lateri tahsil of district Vidisha. Its members took stock of the crop condition and potable water situation in these villages. Collector Anil Suchari informed the team in detail about the state of drought in the district. Villagers informed the team that scanty rain has caused destruction to the entire crop of soybean and urad and there is nothing to harvest.
Potable water problem has emerged in the rural area. Wells, hand pumps and other water sources have dried up and villagers are facing problem for their livelihood. Moreover, the villagers have informed the team that shortage of cattle feed and water has become the big problem for the cattle.
After the tour of drought affected villages of Tikamgarh district, Collector Abhijit Agrawal informed about the scanty rains, status of potable water, ground water, kharif, rabi and available food grains besides straw through power point presentation. The team inspected agriculture fields, wells and ponds in Naiguwan, Madiya and other villages and discussed with the farmers who were present on the occasion.
local people have put forth their demand for employment and alternative arrangement for potable water before the Central team.
Jila panchayat president Parvatlal Ahirwar, MlAs KK Shrivastava, Anil Jain, Anita Nayak, members of District Planning Committee Abhay Pratap Singh Yadav, chairman Orchha Development Authority Surendra Singh Rathore, public representatives and other officers were present on the occasion.