Unsafe
drinking water is the main source of water borne diseases. In the rural
areas getting safe drinking water is always problematic. The main source
of their drinking water is that collected in the ponds and ditches during
the monsoon. Bore-wells are not located in all the regions and even when
they are they tend to be located in the upper caste regions making access
to drinking water for the poor impossible. In these circumstances women
and the girl children have the responsible to bring water
AID ensures
that safe drinking water is made available to the majority of the
community by enabling the community to choose the place where the borewell/well
should be located. Using indigenous techniques the availability of water
in the region is assessed. With the participation of the village community
drinking water wells are being dug in the region. This year 329 drinking
water wells have been provided, out of which 11 bore-wells have been
exclusively provided for the organisational Schools.
These works
contributed to reduced work burden among women, release of girls for
schools and reduction of diseases in many villages.
Jhati Jharna
in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand is entirely cut off from the
mainstream. The remote inaccessible tribal hamlet is dotted by forest and
elephant habitates. This region has no roads and way has to be freshly
paved to reach the site. In these circumstances no government officials
ever visited the region. Development programs of any kind had not reached
the region. Though the village is 25 kms from the main town, it takes
atleast 4 hours time to reach the village due to the hilly undulated
terrain and lack of roads. One of the major issues in the region was lack
of drinking water.
Two drinking water wells catering to the needs of 670
households in the region have been constructed. This is a great boon to
the community. In the absence of communicable roads and constant attack by
the elephants on the village, fetching water is a great problem. Now this
is successfully addressed through the construction of the drinking water
wells in the region
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