The present health hazards in Garhwa, particularly in the hilly areas of Bhandariya, Bargarh, Chiniya, Dhurki, Ranka blocks, show how developed our State is in spite of the tall claims of political leaders and senior bureaucrats. The main problem is contaminated drinking water rather than other ones, opine common people, doctors and social activists.
It is to be believed and accepted that people living in rural area, are far from getting drinking water. “When there is no scarcity of funds for supplying clean drinking water to villagers, however, lack of sincerity, interest and overall accountability defeats the very purpose,” said a local advocate and a social activist Anil Kumar Pathak.
“Once people drink polluted drinking water, health problems start and a visible situation comes to the fore as in these areas. Hence, to keep people healthy, hospitals, doctors and medicines are not the sole factors and rather co-ordination among various departments is the need of the hour, advocate suggests. But in our State hardly such matter is seen in normal days. When things go out of control such meetings are held only to be forgotten at a later stage,” said another local and Sachidanand Tiwari.
“Our leaders must learn from the health services provided by Bihar Government, activist says. It is not at all a welcome gesture to claim ourselves as a State speedily progressing towards development when it is unable to provide safe drinking water to people thereby putting their lives at risk every year,” he said.