Trishuli village has electricity 71 years after India's independence

There are around 100 houses without electricity in Trishuli village of Chhattisgarh since independence. The local residents have written to the collector demanding electricity supply.

Balrampur: The villagers of Trishuli in Balrampur district complained of being forced to live in darkness for the last seven decades despite the availability of electricity poles in the region.

There are around 100 houses in Trishuli village. They have written to the collector demanding electricity supply to their homes.

"Since the time I was born I have not seen electricity in this village. Leaders come here at the time of elections. They are not willing to do anything for the development here," said a 70-year-old resident.

Narrating her ordeal Sukbi, a local told media, "Without electricity, at night they feel threatened by the scorpions, snakes and other insects."

Children in the village are forced to study using lanterns.

"Kids are forced to study in the light of lanterns. For that also, they face an issue as there is not enough supply of kerosene in the region. They then burn woods for the light," Rameshwar Pal told media.

Earlier, locals in a village in Balrampur district had complained of acute water shortage in the region. People here are forced to use water from a pond which is also the source of water for animals in the region, and thereby prone to contamination.