Chhatarpur. It cannot happen if the summer starts and there is no discussion of the water crisis of Bundelkhand. This is because this occasion is nothing less than a celebration for some people, they get ample opportunity to loot. This time as well, it can be feared that something similar will happen, because in the last decades, crores of budget was shed like water to end the water crisis of this area, but no one came forward to take account.
Although Bundelkhand is made up of seven districts of Uttar Pradesh and seven districts of Madhya Pradesh, but here we are going to talk about seven districts of Madhya Pradesh namely Sagar, Damoh, Chhatarpur, Panna, Tikamgarh, Niwari and Datia. This is an area that used to be watery as there was a lot of emphasis on water structures during the times of Chandela and Bundela kings. Presently the picture is quite the opposite and the stories of water crisis come to the fore in large parts of the area.
As soon as the summer season comes, as soon as you reach most of the rural areas, you start seeing pictures of water crisis, people gather at water sources everywhere, people are ready to shed blood for water.
It is also not that efforts have not been made to end the water crisis of this area. In the year 2007-08, three and a half thousand crore rupees came under the Bundelkhand package in the share of Madhya Pradesh, but the situation did not change, because a large amount of money was wasted. Many interesting cases came to the fore, the truck and dumper which was shown to be transported by the tractor, when the vehicle numbers were investigated, it was found that the numbers belonged to two wheelers. At the same time, the ponds and water structures that were built, they collapsed only in the second and third rains.
Pawan Ghuwara, a social worker who fought over the disturbances in the package, says, 1296 structures were built in the Bundelkhand package in this area, when tested, 1098 structures were found unusable, no one could be arrested on the officials involved in this mess. Action not taken. If action had been taken against these corrupt officers, more people would have learned a lesson but this did not happen. Overall, the way the government is running bulldozers on criminals, it should also bulldozers on officials involved in such corruption, otherwise the campaigns will be nothing but loot for some people.
According to experts, in the last four decades, several thousand crores of rupees have been spent in this area in the name of water only, but it is difficult to find a village which remains watery throughout the year or there is no water crisis there. There was a campaign to save the pond, river and the construction of new ponds did not go beyond the papers.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has once again announced to run Jal Abhishek Abhiyan, under which water structures will be repaired and revived. There is a apprehension in everyone’s mind that the government will approve the budget and people who are eyeing it like vultures will not fail to pounce.
Social worker Manoj Choubey says that Bundelkhand used to be watery once, but now water crisis has become the biggest problem here. Government campaigns are like a celebration for some people, because this campaign gives them a chance to have fun. Water structures and ponds are built in such places which are of no use and are not independently socially audited. This is the reason that despite spending thousands of crores, the water crisis of this area has not ended. The main reason for this is the lack of knowledge and lack of participation by the people.
Overall, the government is once again going to run Jal Abhishek Abhiyan to deal with the water crisis. This campaign will start in April and the rainy season will gain momentum from mid-June, the big question is how will the assessment and assessment of how much work has been done, because the structures built will be filled with water. It will also become easier for the construction agency to describe the dug pits as ponds. This happens every time and is taken advantage of by all water conservation advocates and construction agencies.
—AnyTV News
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