Chandrapur: Clean and safe drinking water is still a dream for Bandiri village under Chandrapur block in Rayagada district as the defunct water tank fails to supply water.
According to villagers, a water tank was built by the Rural Water Supply Department to provide clean drinking water to around 3000 residents of the village, three years ago. However, it stopped working after a few days of its construction.
There are five tube wells in the village. However, they fail to meet the drinking water needs of the villagers, following which the villagers depend on nearby canal and water pits, said Sunil Tangaranga, Indu Tangaranga , Jitendra Tangaranga and other villagers.
Another villager Arjun Malabisoi said the villagers depend on the nearby canal for their daily activities. However, the problem would be doubled soon as the canal would go dry within two- three months.
On the other hand, some villagers said they have been informing the drinking water supply department about the impending crisis, but no action has been taken so far.
When contacted, the Assistant Engineer of Rural Water Supply Department, Jitendra Patra, said the water scarcity would be tackled within 10 to 12 days after digging a bore well in the village.
PNN