Delhi: Contrary to the claims made by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government of achieving 100 percent electrification of villages across the country, the residents of Bhatti Mines in Mehrauli, on the periphery of Delhi, have been waiting for 8 years to gain access to this basic facility ever since they settled in this area.
It is not just electricity that these daily wage labourers are bereft of, the Bhatti Mines dwellers need to travel long distances to fetch water for household as well as drinking purposes.
"We have been somehow surviving by asking people for help in terms of electricity and water. We face a lot of hardship. We have to pay Rs. 100 to get water but it takes three days for the water to arrive at our slum," a Bhatti mines resident told ETV Bharat.
Narrating a similar ordeal, Maya, another local resident said, "We have to get water from away places. While some allow us to fetch water some don't."
The absence of electricity forces the residents of this urban village living in makeshift tents to bear the scorching summer heat in the national capital as they can't use ceiling fans or other means to beat the heat.
"We don't have access to either water or electricity. We don't even access to fans in this scorching heat, " said a man who has living at Bhatti mines for years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 29 had announced that his government has achieved 100% electrification of all villages in India with the last village of Leisang in Manipur being connected to the power grid a day before.
A village is considered electrified if 10% of the total number of households in the village have electricity. This is apart from the basic infrastructure and electrification of certain public centres of the village. Contrary to the claims made by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government of achieving 100 per cent electrification of villages across the country, the residents of Bhatti Mines in Mehrauli, on the periphery of Delhi, have been waiting for eight years to gain access to this basic facility ever since they settled in this area.
It is not just electricity that these daily wage labourers are bereft of, the Bhatti Mines dwellers need to travel long distances to fetch water for household as well as drinking purposes.
"We have been somehow surviving by asking people for help in terms of electricity and water. We face a lot of hardship. We have to pay Rs. 100 to get water but it takes three days for the water to arrive at our slum, " a Bhatti mines resident told ETV Bharat.
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Narrating a similar ordeal, Maya, another local resident said, "We have to get water from away places. While some allow us to fetch water some don't."
The absence of electricity forces the residents of this urban village living in makeshift tents to bear the scorching summer heat in the national capital as they can't use ceiling fans or other means to beat the heat.
"We don't have access to either water or electricity. We don't even access to fans in this scorching heat, " said a man who has living at Bhatti mines for years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 29 had announced that his government has achieved 100% electrification of all villages in India with the last village of Leisang in Manipur being connected to the power grid a day before.
A village is considered electrified if 10% of the total number of households in the village have electricity. This is apart from the basic infrastructure and electrification of certain public centers of the village.
