A large number of families migrated to the cities, looking for work. MNREGA can help stop the migration, while also preparing the ground for water conservation in the monsoon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself said so. On April 21, addressing a gathering of district collectors, he said , "If I know there is a drought situation, water is scarce, but also that the monsoon is expected to be good, then I have April, May, June, can't I use MNREGA funds to run a special campaign for water conservation?
But the well being dug in Mastapur village showed the gulf between the government's declared intent and actions. Workers said they had not been paid for six months.
Hari Ram Kalar, a frail man in his fifties, said he had worked previously on two wells. None of the workers had their job cards. When they asked the pradhan why their wages had not been paid, he said it was yet to come into their accounts. A district official, who requested anonymity, said the wage payments had been delayed because the funds had not released by the Centre.
But two weeks after the funds had been released, workers in Tikamgarh were yet to get them. More than districts in 13 states across India are facing acute shortages of drinking water. Ram Kripal Yadav, minister of state for drinking water and sanitation, told the Rajya Sabha on Monday that 50 districts in Uttar Pradesh, 46 in Madhya Pradesh, 33 in Maharashtra and 27 in Karnataka have been affected by these shortages.
Water and sanitation minister Yadav, in his answers to the Rajya Sabha, listed out a number of projects that state governments had undertaken under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme. In the past year, the minster said, almost 10, water sustainability structures like pits, trenches, check dams, percolation tanks and ponds have been built.
Yet, severe water shortages have forced extreme measure like water trains and have left trails of migrants from rural to urban areas. The failure of the government to provide water to rural areas has also driven people to take matters into their own hands. Driven by desperation, many people have dug their own wells, sometimes single handedly and in record time.
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