AGARTALA, May 8 (TIWN): In this age of golden era, clean, safe drinking water is still a scarce. Most of the tribal hamlets including the areas of Longtrai valley and Baramura area 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.

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.

The area is facing an acute crisis of water for last many days.  The people of this area walk a few kilometers in search of water under the scorching sun every day. Especially, the woman of this village carries 4 to 5 heavy pots over their head and fetches water from the wells and the brooks. 

As water supply from the public water tap is unpredictable, the women are witnessed waiting in long queue for collecting water from the public water tap. Sometimes water pressure dips so low that they return with an empty bucket.

Reportedly, scarcity of water has bound them to drink contaminated water from the small stream and brooks.

Eruption of water borne disease and diarrhea are most common during dry spell in remote tribal localities

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 otherwater borne diseases.

Some cases of water borne diseases have been reported from these areas. Eruption of life disease and diarrhea are most common in remote localities. Most of the areas are totally depended on groundwater and most of the tube wells of these said areas are not working or nonfunctional. 

Despite of the several tall claims made by the ruling Government over the development of the state saying this is the golden era of the state, the poor scenario of consumption of contaminated water ooze out of the unnoticed interior part of Tripura.