Due to weaker monsoon last year and dried up rivers, the situation for residents of the district, already reeling under power cuts and water scarcity, is bound to worsen.
A closer look at the fluoride affected village Pratapur and declared dry zone villages, reveals that everybody is battling power and water woes alike now and the situation is worsening day by day.
Though Garhwa town residents have been luckier than rural residents. Because town has received more electricity against villages.
Talking of the power scenario elsewhere, it’s not only the unscheduled power cuts extending up to seven or eight hours a day, but also frequent breakdowns that is tormenting the residents.
The short duration of supply has failed inverters also as according to many it’s impossible to charge these.
The water supply has also failed to provide any solace as in most of the villages. Fetching water from the far places to their homes has been a routine for a week for most of villagers.
People of fluoride affected village Pratapur are not in good condition.
They also faced shortage of water, supplying of one tanker water residents failed to meet their daily needs by storing a few buckets of water. In the dry zone, villages situation also worsened they fetch water from far places.
Garhwa DC Neha Arora said that she has directed to the Garhwa BDO to arrange supply of water through tanker in Pratapur.
She said that for the permanent solution a proposal of water treatment plant has been send to the Government after initiation of land.
The DC informed that she also directed to the BDOs to make available water in dry villages through deep boring with the help of Mukhiya.