A dimension within Rural Water Access
Discussions on local governance, village road repairs, and general rural development infrastructure like anganwadis.
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There is a problem with CC roads in the village. We have informed the Sarpanch many times, but no attention is being paid to the ward or the village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is also a problem with CC roads in the village. They have submitted applications many times at the Panchayat level, but no one is paying attention to them.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a big problem with CC roads in village Bhalapari, Ward No. 11. The villagers submitted applications to the Panchayat level, but no attention is being paid to them.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a problem with CC roads in the village. The Sarpanch has been informed many times, but no attention is being paid to building them or listening to our concerns.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem with the Mangalwara Road in the village. We have applied many times, but no attention is being paid.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
In village Bhalapuri, in Ward No. 13, there is a big problem with the road. The villagers have submitted many applications, but their requests are not being heard.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · 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 big road problem in Ward No. 13 of Bhallapuri village. The road has not been built yet. Villagers have submitted applications many times, but no action is being taken and no one is paying attention.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
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
There is a problem in the village. Food rations are not being given to the people even after being brought to this village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a big problem with electricity in the village. Electricity does not come for one to two months. We have complained many times, but no attention was paid.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem with CC (concrete) roads in the village. The Sarpanch has been informed many times, but they don't pay attention and don't try to get them constructed.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
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 problem with CC roads in our village. We have informed the Sarpanch many times, but...
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem with the Anganwadi center in the village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a big road problem in the village. It gets more difficult during the rainy season. We have told the sarpanch many times, but they don't pay attention.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a huge problem with the road in our village, ward number four. We have submitted proposals to the panchayat many times, but even after that, no attention is being paid to the road problem.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
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 an issue with the Anganwadi center in the village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
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
The problem in the village is that food grain vehicles are not delivering supplies. Food grains should be delivered to our village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
The road in our village is dilapidated. People are facing a lot of difficulty in commuting, and for getting it repaired.
— Ramdhani Pal · Chhapaka, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
In our village, there is a problem with roads, electricity, and rations.
— Anand tandiya · 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 problem with the Anganwadi building in the village. There are young children in the village, but because the building has not been constructed, they cannot go to school to eat porridge.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
Our village is not receiving benefits from any government scheme. Our panchayat is far away, which makes commuting difficult. No scheme is accessible to us. The problem lies with the schemes.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a road problem in ward number four of our village. We have submitted proposals to the panchayat many times, but the work is still not happening.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a road problem in Mangalwada village. We have informed the Collector several times, but so far there has been no hearing or action on it.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a big road problem in the village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem with the CC road in our village. We have informed the Sarpanch multiple times, but the CC road problem persists.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
The people of the village are not able to get the housing scheme. And no attention is being paid by the Sarpanch to those whose houses have already been built.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
It is a big problem if the village farmers are not getting seeds from the agriculture department. They have been told many times, but they are not providing any seeds.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem with the school in the village, even though there are many children in our village, the school has not been built yet.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem with concrete roads in the village. The Sarpanch has been told many times, but he pays no attention to getting the concrete roads built.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a big problem with roads in the village. It is causing more trouble for commuting during the rainy season, but no one is paying attention or saying anything.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem with the CC road in Ward No. 13, village Navnadar. They have applied many times at the panchayat level and in the collector's public hearing, but their problem is not being resolved.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a problem with Anganwadi in the village. Children in small villages do not go to school to eat the porridge. So our problem is that an Anganwadi building should be built.
— 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 an electricity problem for the people of the village. Every now and then, the electricity remains off for many days, and no employee is visiting this village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
Some elderly men and women in the village are not receiving the old-age pension under the scheme. Despite submitting applications and informing the Sarpanch multiple times, our issues are not being paid attention to.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
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