Indian Village Water Crisis

CHAN:
Faced with a drinking water shortage, people in India's eastern Gaya district are forced to drink filthy water, unfit even for cleaning purposes. Here's more on their situation.

STORY:
Locals of Sarangpur village claim there is no other source of drinking water in the area and that they drink this muddy well water due to the crisis. They claim that the dirty well water is the main source of water for around 50 households and blame the water crisis on the government's apathy to correct the problem.

They say that there are even frogs are in the filthy water.

[Virendra Mhamri, Local Villager]:
"There is acute water shortage here and we don't have any alternatives. All we have is this water you see flowing. It's enough for some 50 households in the village."

Soaring temperatures are causing severe droughts. Wells and other sources of water are drying up and the parched land is proving to be a nightmare for locals.

[Murti Devi, Local Villager]:
"There is no alternative and we are forced to drink this dirty and smelly water. When the water of this well dries up, we are forced to fetch water from far off villages. Besides, there is a hand pump which is also far away."

Many states in India suffer severe dry spells and water crisis during scorching summer months.

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[varifocal85]

the real india, very poor.

[RCvolunteer1978]

cover it with what ever they can to keepthe frogs bugs etc out then bleach the water get Rain Barrels teach them what to do for them selves Stop making them dependent on others to fix things when they are able body enough to do it them selves get a person that can build them a WATER Tank above ground filter and bleached it will be cleaner and safer Teach them how to do it for them selves

[damania]

maybe multinational corporations should not steal?

[r1ch4rdg3r3]

smelly indians and their "bollywood" =Dddd

Indians have not invented anything, they just copy everyone/everything around the world. Loserniggers.

And also their stupid homosexual 6-handed whoregod which fucks horses. Now you all can go n fuckurselves. =DD=D= hahaha

[jaffyyyy]

i must agree. even though people aren't doing much to help.