A dimension within Local Services & Child Welfare
Deals with problems of water supply, shortage, and access to safe drinking water in villages.
150 voices speak to this
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Overall Community Sentiment
There is a water problem in our village.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
We are not getting proper drinking water in our village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a well problem in the village. As soon as the handpump breaks down, we don't get water, so there is a problem. A well should be built in our village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a borewell problem in the village, that is why there is a problem.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
In our village, there is a problem with the tap water scheme. So far, no tap water scheme has reached every household. The problem is for the tap water scheme to reach.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a water problem in the village. People have to go far for water. So the problem is water, and there are very few hand pumps in this village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a big water problem in the village. We applied several times for a well, but there has been no solution yet.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a problem with the hand pump in our village, we have to go far to drink water.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a water problem in my village, due to which there is a big problem with drinking water in the village.
— Anand tandiya · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a water problem in the village. Neither a hand pump nor a well. The problem is water.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem with the tap water scheme in our village. So far, no tap water scheme has reached the people.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a water problem in the village, and there are no handpumps.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is an electricity problem in our village. There is a water problem in our village. Ration is not directly available in our village.
— Anand tandiya · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
The government scheme's food grain vehicle is not being brought to the village, so there is a problem of food grains for our village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a borewell problem in the fields of our village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
The tap water scheme has not reached every household in the village, which is a very big problem for them, and no one is paying attention.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a well problem in the village. There is a public well problem.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a handpump problem in the village, and we have to go far for water.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a big water problem in the village. We have applied many times for a well in Ward No. 4, but there has been no hearing or solution.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a big problem with wells in the village. As soon as the hand pump breaks down, we don't get water. So, the problem is with wells, and more should be built.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a borewell problem in our village. Due to the unavailability of water easily in the fields, we are unable to grow a second crop.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
We need a well in our village. There is a problem with drinking water.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is no electricity in our village, there should be electricity. There should be network. And there is water but the water is not coming for the crops.
— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
There is a water problem in the village. There is only one hand pump. Everyone drinks from there. But no work is done for the welfare of the village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
Due to the road problem in our village, the things that should be available are not being received under the government's scheme.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
In the village, we need a well for drinking water. So, the problem is water.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is no water facility in the village, there is no toilet facility, housing is not being provided, and the ration dealer is not distributing rations properly, so that we can properly receive every facility.
— Sonmati · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
In our village, there is a problem with roads, electricity, and rations.
— Anand tandiya · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
The work under the government's tap water scheme in the village is incomplete and no attention is being paid to it, so the problem is to deliver the tap water scheme to every household.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
In our village, there is a problem with wells for drinking water. Hand pumps are available in some places, but it is necessary to have a well.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a borewell problem in the village fields for farmers.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a well problem in our village. There are hand pumps in some places, but no wells, so it is mandatory to build wells.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is no paved road in our village and no road to reach home, it becomes a big problem during the rainy season, and there is a problem with drinking water, and there is a need for a school and hospital for studies.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
There is a borewell problem in our village, due to which farmers are unable to cultivate both crops, so the problem is with the borewell.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · SKIP NO LOCATION
There is a problem with the well in the village. We have proposed a public well to Sarpanch Sir many times, but he is not paying attention.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a well problem in the village, and only two handpumps are installed. When the handpumps break down, people yearn for drinking water. It is a problem; having wells is very essential.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
The tap water scheme work in the village is incomplete, which is a problem. Complete this factor.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem in this village. Food grains are not brought and delivered to this village, and people have to go 7 kilometers to fetch them. The problem is that food grains should reach this village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem under the 'Nal Jal Yojana' (tap water scheme) in the village. No attention has been paid to the tap water scheme of any kind yet.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem with a public well in our village. And we all drink from the hand pump. Sometimes the hand pump breaks down.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
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