Click to play videoBhopal: Water crisis in Bhopal and rest of Madhya Pradesh has spiraled out of control.
Now some desperate people are ready to trade blood for some potable water.
Three persons from a family have already died in scuffles over drinking water.
42-year-old Jeevan Malviya, his wife Sita and son Raju were killed, after a violent squabble broke out when they tried to draw out water from a leaky municipal water supply line.
As the summer sun bears down on Madhya Pradesh, long queues at water pipes have become a common sight. The local administration has now taken the unprecedented step.
“We have attached over 100 home guards with the municipal corporation and they will oversee water distribution,” said the Additional SP of Bhopal, Ruchi Srivistava.
Dewas district administration has gone one step further. It has banned people from gathering along the 122 km Nemawar water supply line, after several cases of water pilferage were reported. Cops now guard the length of the pipeline.
The Municipal Commissioner of Devas, Devendra Singh said, “Several incidents of damage to the pipe line were reported as a consequence of which water did not reach Dewas. So, the district administration after consultations with us has imposed section 144.”
While the law is being broken elsewhere, the people of Dhar though have come up with a novel way to combat the crisis.
Members of a local Ganesh Utsav committee are donating blood, to buy tankers of water which they distribute among the needy.
The state government machinery on the other hand is simply praying for a timely monsoon.
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