Achi news desk-
The first photo is of the residents of the village of Budja, Abu-Jamed. The second picture is of a rain drain full of water. The villagers bring drinking water from here.
Abujamad covers an area of ​​about 5200 square meters in Bastar. As beautiful as the area is, the life of the people living here is equally difficult. There are no roads, no electricity and no hospital. The situation is such that even clean drinking water is not available. The villagers drank the water that smelled like gutters and
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The village of Bodega, located across the Indravati River in this region, is still trapped in the red shadow of the Naxalites and the shackles of unrest in independent India. Before providing facilities here, the administration is afraid of Naxalites. The villagers are waiting for someone to come and listen to them too. Dainik Bhaskar’s team reached this bodega village, which was far from the reach of the administration.
The villagers have been quenching their thirst by drinking water from these sources for the past few years.
14 hours with the Bodega village tribes
We reached Bhairamgarh in Bijapur district from Gagdalpur. Then from here I kept my bike on a small wooden boat and crossed the river Indravati. On a bicycle for some distance, then after traveling several kilometers on foot, reached the village of Bodega. We spent 14 hours in this village located under the shadow of Gun-Tantra between mountains and dense forest.
During this he talked about the daily routine of the residents of Abu Jamed, their eating habits and the facilities provided by the government in the village. The villagers openly expressed their opinion about him.
From Bhairamgarh the river Indravati has to be crossed by keeping the bike on a small wooden boat.
Villagers drink stinking sewage water
As soon as we reached Bodega village, the villagers gave us water. The color of the water was muddy and smelled bad. We asked the villagers why the water is dirty? He replied, “What to do sir… We have been quenching our thirst for years by drinking such dirty drain water.” Sick children. A few years ago, the administration installed a manual pump, but that too is broken.
There is a hand pump in the village, which also broke down.
Rain drainage at a distance of about 100 meters from the settlement
The village elder took us to a place where drinking water is brought. This place is about 100 meters from the settlement. Here, some water has accumulated in some parts of the rain drain. The villagers built a well near it. A little water seeps into it and accumulates. This water was stinking. The villagers are forced to drink this water.
As beautiful as Abujamad is, the lives of its residents are equally difficult.
The village depends on Gonia, not on a hospital
The villagers said that there is no hospital in the village. The villagers depend on Sira-gunya. If someone gets sick, first of all they take him to a stench and receive local treatment. If the situation worsens then the cradle is turned upside down and does a knoor.
Then, after laying the patient on it, they cross the river on foot, through forest paths and by boat and take them to Bhairamgarh Hospital. Many villagers also died due to lack of treatment.
The villagers want schools, hospitals, water and electricity.
The village women give birth to pregnant women
There are more newborn children and pregnant women in the village. When the women and villagers were asked what the delivery arrangement was, the villagers including Chamro, Sukram said that only the women of the village do the delivery. However, during this period both mother and child are at risk. The medical team does not come to the village. Even if it comes once a year, it’s a big deal.
The village lives in darkness, there is not even electricity
There is no electricity in this village located between forests and mountains. Although the villagers have installed solar panels in one or two houses of the village near the Indravati River, most of the houses remain dark at night. People live their lives with the help of a chimney. No central or state government scheme comes here.
The medical team does not come to the village. Even if it comes once a year, it’s a big deal.
Nameless school, poor quality of education
Some children in the village worked with school uniforms. Some played. When we asked the members of his family and the residents of his village is there a school in Bodja village? On this, says a young man named Motu, there is definitely a school in the nearby village, but it is also in name only.
The teacher didn’t come. Children go to work. The level of education is zero. The biggest example of this is that two brothers went to work as laborers with tendos. While returning, he died after being hit by an explosive device explosion.
The village of Bodega is located between mountains and forests.
Naxalites are protesting against the construction of a road in the village
It is said that the greatest medium for development is a road, but there is no road in this village. The second reason for this is that the Naxals oppose the construction of roads in the village. The villagers said in hushed tones that they did not even want a bridge across the Indravati River.
The administration must make such arrangements that we can travel easily on rainy days. Also on the issue of roads, the villagers said that the arrangements should be such that an ambulance would arrive in the village.
There is only a nominal school in the nearby village. The teacher didn’t come. Children go to work.
Don’t vote because it’s not allowed
When we asked the villagers, do you vote? So the villagers fell silent. One of them indicated that voting was prohibited. His reference was to the Naxalites. From there the Naxals refuse. This is why even public representatives do not come to this village. Therefore this village is far from the reach of the government and administration alike.
This is Abujamed’s unannounced entry.
The officer said – you don’t need to be a psychic
After getting to know the ground reality of Bodga village, we spoke to Bijapur Collector Anurag Pandey. When we asked him that this village is beyond the reach of the administration. There are no roads, no electricity, no clean drinking water. After all, why don’t even doctors go?
He said there are Naxalites there. We will not be able to send a doctor to the village. Efforts will be made to set up a medical camp somewhere nearby. For water, I approved hundreds of hand pumps for the entire district. The collector said you should not become a means to their problems. If necessary, they will come themselves.
Naxalites made such barbed holes throughout the village.
The mountains and waterfalls of Abu Jamed are controlled by the Naxalites
,The 4000 square meters area of ​​Abujamad belongs only to Narayanpur district. The rest is adjacent to Bijapur and Gadchiroli. The beautiful valleys, mountains and waterfalls here are mesmerizing, but the irony is that the area is under the grip of Naxalites in Bodga village, posters were pasted at various places. Also made Spike holes also have his monuments.
