AGRTALA/ AMARPUR July 1 (TIWN): In the age of so-called ‘golden era’ clean, safe drinking water is still a scarce. Most of the tribal hamlets including Paharpur ADC village area, under Amarpur are still facing the crisis of water. The people of the area are suffering from a massive shortage of water with the beginning of the dry spell. While, the concerned administration rests in a long yawning siesta. Besides, recently the tribal villagers in the rural areas are witnessed to be suffering from water borne diseases, with collecting of water from nearby polluted rivers, small brooks and streams, small fountains and other minor water bodies that consist of major pollutants.

Day after day the habitants of these areas are collecting water from small streams and brook for drinking as well as cooking purpose.  All together there are 110 to 120 families are residing in the area and the only source of their drinking water is from the small stream which carries along the pollutants dust in the water resulting water borne diseases among the public.

The people of these rural areas doesn’t have access to any source of drinking water including ring wells, Mark II deep tube wells and other water bodies, other than polluted rivers and water bodies consisting of major pollutants. The areas are mostly tribal dominated. The villagers, mostly from indigenous origin, manage their stock of drinking water by digging holes inside the hilly craters, allowing spaces to be filled with the dripping water. However this has now given birth to the water borne diseases with most of the tribal people suffering from diarrhea, malaria and other water borne diseases.

On the one hand, the state government is busy in launching water treatment plant and on the other side inhabitants of Amarpur Paharpur ADC village are hit by an acute water crisis. The area constitutes of around 120 families and the only source of their drinking water is the contaminated water from the streams and brooks.

However, the villagers have reported the issue of acute water crisis to the concerned DWS department of the area. Officially, after receiving complain, so far no action is taken.