In this village, people go 40 ft down to fetch drinking water

Facing severe water crisis, residents of Maharastra's Melghat village have to go 40 feet down to fetch drinking water. Villagers have been advised to boil the water before drinking it.

Amaravati, Maharashtra: People in Melghat, who have been facing severe water crisis are forced to go as deep as 40 feet inside wells to fetch drinking water.

"I have to go down 40 feet. First I remove the unhygienic water and then wait to fetch the clean water. It takes a lot of time. Sometimes, it takes the entire day. Only a few people manage to get it," Shivraj Belkar, a villager said while talking to a news agency.

People have to go 40 feet down to fetch drinking water in Maharashtra's Melghat

Lamenting the apathy of government officials, he said, "It has been continuing for so many years. Neither the government nor anybody else is doing anything. There are three wells in the village. Some people sleep there to fetch drinking water."

Another villager Shivkala Nagle questioned, "What if someone falls down someday, who will be responsible for that?"

However, Nishant Sarap, a health worker in Sonapur village said that villagers have been advised to boil the water before drinking it.

People have to go 40 feet down to fetch drinking water in Maharashtra's Melghat

"We have informed senior officials about this. We have also advised that everyone should boil the water before drinking it and that they should not drink water from the well which is prohibited," he said.