Mumbai: Women of Shendripada in Nashik, Maharashtra will no longer have to risk their lives for water. Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray inaugurated a new bridge on Friday. In this tribal village of Nashik, people, especially women, risked their lives to use a makeshift bamboo bridge. Along with this inauguration, Aaditya Thackeray also inaugurated the water project in the village and discussed with the local women.
Let us tell you that the news of women here bringing drinking water from the mouth of death made headlines in many newspapers, after which Aditya Thackeray himself came forward to help them. The District Council Administration built a bridge over a 30 feet deep ditch. In addition, arrangements have also been made to provide drinking water through taps.
Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray today inaugurated a bridge in Shendripada, a remote tribal village in Nashik, where people used a makeshift bamboo bridge risking their lives. He also inaugurated a tap water project in the village and had a discussion with the local women. pic.twitter.com/Id2UCU4eae
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It is worth mentioning that there are 12 paras in Kharkhet Gram Panchayat premises. Almost all the families here live on the banks of the river Tas, one and a half kilometers from Pada for farming. There are more than 300 families in 25 tribal settlements. The women here had to bring drinking water from the mouth of death every day. These women used to bring water by crossing the wooden bridge built in the ditch.
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According to media reports, the news is also that many villagers have fallen into this ditch earlier. Many schemes of the government come to the village, but do not reach these settlements. Earlier, from the moment of the girl, the students used to go to the campus of Harsul, Peth etc. for education. There is agriculture near the river, but due to the lack of electricity, the motor cannot be used to draw water. Cultivation is done on rain water only.