As the temperature soars higher and higher, there is water scarcity everywhere. Topping the list of the parched places is Dang of Gujarat. Here, the entire district is facing a devastating drought. Ironically, this is happening despite that fact that Dang receives the highest rainfall level in all of Gujarat.
Roshan Saroliya, a community reporter for IndiaUnheard says, it’s corruption, rather than global warming which has created this crisis situation.
“We have abundant water resources. But faulty dams, untested equipment and poor management have allowed water resources to leak. As a result, thousands of families are crying for water.”
Dang has 1,86,712 population, out of which about 1,04,918 are tribals. Surprisingly, the water crisis of Dang hasn’t been reported anywhere in the state’s mainstream media which otherwise has pages and hours to devote to matters as small as 6 cricketers being disciplined by the cricket board, or, an ex-minister’s engagement to a businesswoman in Bangalore. It’s difficult to understand the logic behind the prioritization of such trivial issues over issues that concern over a hundred thousand people.
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