With rise in the mercury, drinking water crisis hits the area of Coal and Steel belt Dhanbad-Bokaro districts and forced residents to buy water at any cost to save their lives.
The new hotcake is water that is being sold at Rs25 per gallon in several parts of the coal and steel belt. Over 7 lakh residents of Chas are battling with water crisis. Even in Bokaro township area management is cut short the drinking water supply. Earlier, it was twice daily but now people are getting one time (2 hours) water supply. The officials said the decision of one time water supply has been taken after huge depleting of water level in Tenughat Dam. Now-a-days many peoples found new trade of selling water to the needy residents who have got no options but to buy water at higher costs.
“Since morning, even when there is a long line of utensils and cans at the public water supply tap, we have to pay a premium for procuring water,” said Sambhu Prasad a resident of Tand Balidih.