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RTI for Drinking Water:
a new way of fight for right.
Today more than two hundred women of Baharana and Kunanga village of Banakhandi GP of Gop Block fought for safe drinking water from the Administration & used Right to Information Act for the same. The village women came to Gop Block office in a rally & demanded for safe drinking water facility in their villages. They have given a memorandum to the Block Development Officer & have diposited 108 RTI application forms to know different info regarding same.
People
of the villages like Baharana, Murkundi, Kunanga, Dasabatia, Sarada etc
of Banakhandi GP near Konark have been facing severe drinking water
scarcity. There are three tube wells in Baharana village installed by
Government which are salty with iron smell is not suitable to use.
Interestingly, their relatives avoid to come this village due to this reason. Generally the villagers provide green coconut or bottle water to their guests for hospitality. In
rainy season they collect the roof rainwater for drinking and cooking
purpose. In summer every day they have to walk 2 Kilometers to a canal
known as Safei Nala ( Water Dranage canal) for water. Those who are
unable to go long distance they use the water from nearby muddy ponds,
which are also in use of the villagers for bathing & cattle washing purpose.
After
60 years of independence this Banakhandi Gram
Panchayat near Pipili-Konark Highway Road with 5800 population
suffering for drinking water.
Women
of Baharana and Kunanga village of this GP found a way to fight for
their right through Right To Information Act-2005.Today more than two
hundred women went in a rally headed by thier SHG leaders and gave the
memorandum to the BDO Mr.Srimanta Mishra,with demand to provide safe
drinking water facility in their village as earliest. Along with the
same they have also deposited 108 RTI applications at Block office for
some related info.The BDO Mr. Mishra has praised their new way of fight
for right and promised to visit these villages & solve their
problem. It is nothing but a new light towards a lightful era.
