Mayurbhanj, Mar 2: Although the people are yet to experience the scorching summers, the villagers of Jharana sahi under Badakhamana Panchayat here have already started facing acute water scarcity which has made their life miserable. The villagers stated that they have to walk more than two km everyday to fetch water for their daily needs. After taking so much of pain, the water fethced from the wells turns out to be dirty and contaminated because of which the children are getting sick by drinking that water. The village has more than 100 families, mostly tribal. They depend on the unclean water of the wells, consumption of which making them vulnerable to waterborne disease. The villagers claim that they have approached the village Sarpanch and also the local administration with the issue several times, but all in vain. administration has already sanctioned a new tubewell in the village under Gopabandhu Gramin Yojana. The RWSS department will dig the well, following which the issue can be solved soon.
