The first episode of Fixing India: Our Community Correspondents taking lead in solving the water crisis in Uttar Pradesh.
Nearly 76 million people in India do not have access to safe drinking water, as polluted rivers and poor storage infrastructure over the years has created a water deficit which may become unmanageable in the future.
In our first episode of Fixing India, Shabnam, Shankarlal and Brahmajeet are fixing safe drinking water woes in Uttar pradesh.
To watch Shabnam's full video video, click here: https://youtu.be/M_3dwz08DOA
To watch Shankarlal's full video, click here: https://youtu.be/6nZ-C6iKyDU To watch Brahmajeet's full video, click here: https://youtu.be/XYbJqSxnwTk
Video produced by Purnima Damade
Stories from Community Correspondent, Shankarlal Raykwar (Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh), Brahmajeet (Siddharth Nagar, Uttar Pradesh) and Shabnam (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh).
Scarce amenities near a tourist spot
In Gram Panchayat Ratega (Bijakasa), Bastar District, the Government has declared a Waterfall as a tourist spot. But in and around that area for about 5 kilometres, the residents are facing acute water shortage and other basic amenities, such as all weather roads etc.