A protracted-awaited respite for Bastar village because it will get faucet water

For the 35-odd households of Nelangur — a distant hilly village deep inside Abujhmad forests in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district — summer season ordeal of touring lengthy distances for water could also be a factor of the previous.

As soon as a Maoist stronghold, the village on the Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border and practically 52 km from the district headquarters, acquired faucet water connection this previous week. Because of this the households residing right here would now not be depending on streams and endure scarcity of water presently of the 12 months, stated officers.