The old pond of Badguwan village burst, water filled in the houses of the people living on the other side – Photo: Amar Ujala Expansion Follow Us 0279254 168819731896664 0770314 417888 The decades-old pond of Badguwan village of Dumar Gram Panchayat of Jabera block of Damoh burst in heavy rains. Due to which the houses of the people living on the other side of the pond were filled with water. Let me tell you, the renovation work of the pond was started a few days back. The pond built decades ago was not repaired in time by the Gram Panchayat and now the work of renovation of the pond has been approved under the MNREGA scheme at a cost of about seven lakhs. Due to the pond renovation work being done by the Gram Panchayat at the monsoon time, the water filled pond could not bear the water of the first rain. Found and the pond burst. While the renovation work of the pond had just started, it rained heavily. Due to which pitching, pucca wastewear work is yet to be done including bund improvement work. Deputy Engineer RK Jain told that the restoration work of the old pond was in progress and it rained and the pond burst. Now the pond renovation work only Only the percentage has happened. Remaining dam improvement, pitching, pucca wastewear work is pending. The villagers allege that the restoration work of the old pond was given on contract to the contractor Virendra Rai by the Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat. By whom MNREGA work was done with machines and the restoration work did not start on time and the embankment of the pond was weakened due to the excavation done by machines in the restoration work before the rains. As soon as it rained and the pond was filled with water, the dam burst from one side and the entire water flowed away. Due to which people will have to worry about water in the coming times. ,