Jal Sangharsh Yatra started in Umaria. – Photo: Amar Ujala Expansion Vindhya mountain range in Umaria district Villages are facing water crisis. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also taken initiative to solve the water crisis in these tribal-dominated villages. Even after this the problems still remain. To solve this, the villagers have started Jal Yatra. He says that the water crisis in the hilly areas should be removed by laying the Narmada pipeline from Dindori district. Vindhya mountain range in Umaria district 25 The village is inhabited. Due to the high hill, the group of these villages is called Akashkot. Clean drinking water has remained a major problem in tribal-dominated villages for years. The villagers have also organized big agitations several times to solve the drinking water crisis. Every time assurance was given and the crisis remained. With the increasing heat, the problem of drinking water has also deepened here. To the villagers from Drinking water and waste water is available from the dirty water of feet deep wells and ponds. In many villages, people travel two to five kilometers to fetch drinking water. To solve this problem which has been prevailing for years, the villagers have started water journey. The villagers demand that the water of the Narmada river flowing through the nearby Dindori district should be made available to the villages of Akashkot zone. The villagers are preparing for a big struggle to solve the problem by communicating with the people through water journey in every village. 03 crore rupees project

In the villages of Akashkot zone, the villagers have to face difficulty regarding drinking water in the scorching heat. Chief Minister of the state Shivraj Singh Chouhan under the group water supply scheme from Umrar, the largest reservoir of the district. has approved the project of Rs. So that clean drinking water can be made accessible to every household from the tap. The villagers are skeptical about this project. Their demand is that the problem of Akashkot should be resolved by making Narmada water available. However, the district administration has talked about making water available in the villages soon through the group water supply scheme itself.

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Administration in Akashkot Zone Efforts have been made to solve the drinking water problem. Every time an attempt was made to supply drinking water to the villagers, but it remained unsuccessful. For this reason, the villagers are not sure that the group water supply scheme will be successful. However, administrative sources claim that this project will also take two to three years to complete. Till then the villagers will have to struggle for drinking water. ,