BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (
MPHRC
) has taken cognisance of the story carried in TOI on Tuesday about a
parched village
in
Chhatarpur district
and called for a report from authorities concerned.
The story headlined ‘3 years after promise of water, Chhatarpur village still parched’ showcased the plight of a large number of Dalits in a tiny hamlet of Chhatarpur in
Bundelkhand
region, who had decided to boycott elections three years ago as the region faced severe water crisis and no government had addressed it.
On the polling day, villagers were persuaded by officials to vote and the BJP candidate won from here. Three years later, water crisis still persists in the village and deepens in the summer.
During the 2018 assembly polls, the villagers of Korinpurva village had come out with a slogan “Netaji tum karlo note, pahle paani baad mein vote” (politicians, first resolve the issue of water and then we will vote). “We thought the promise made by officials would be fulfilled,” the villagers rued. They also approached MLA Rajesh Prajapati who had won the election. He also promised to help, but failed to keep his words, a villager quipped, adding, “Now, everybody has an excuse of the Covid crisis.”
Hundreds of Dalits continue to fetch water from a tubewell after walking over a kilometre to another village where the water level is declining fast and may exhaust any time.
The rights commission called for a detailed report on the issue from the Chhatarpur collector and the CEO of the janpad panchayat concerned within a fortnight. It also asked the authorities to inform it about the steps taken to provide water in the village.
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