CURATED BY – DHEERAJ KUMAR AHIRWAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Damoh, Collector Sudhir Kumar Kochar reached the remote tribal forest area forest village Boda Mangarh situated on the last border of the district's Janpad Panchayat Jabera on the border of Katni district through the first rays of the morning. Here, during the discussion with the villagers, he heard their problems. The residents of village Boda Mangarh were very happy to have the collector among them. The villagers told that the road to reach the village is very bad, which is in the middle of the mountains, it is very difficult to come and go here. Soil gets washed away in the rainy season. Emergency service ambulances face problems here due to lack of road. Difficulties are faced in taking the patient or pregnant woman. On which Collector Sudhir Kumar Kochar directed the District CEO Rameshwar Patel and SDO Shivaji to make immediate arrangements and build the road. The villagers told that due to the DP being damaged, only one phase is available here, sufficient light is not available, on which he directed the electricity department to change the DP.

The villagers told the collector that water has reached every house through the Nal Jal Yojana, earlier water was not available, now water is available for drinking. But due to lack of sufficient water for farming, farming is not possible, there are two ponds in the village, water does not stay in one pond, the problem of water for irrigation of farming, on hearing the problem, the collector went to see the pond and instructed SDO Shivaji regarding the repair of the pond so that water can be filled.

The villagers told

Two ponds in Boda Mangarh are damaged for years, the villagers have given a demand letter to the collector for the repair of the ponds, in which the villagers told that in the year 2001 a pond was constructed by the Forest Department, whose best beer is damaged and rain water does not stay in the pond, on top of that, 3 years ago another pond was constructed by the Gram Panchayat, the rain water does not stay in the pond due to the problem of water leakage. For disposal, the villagers have demanded construction of a new pond under the Jal Ganga Sanvardhan Abhiyan.

The file for construction of a new pond in Jamunaha Khaddu Nala is pending with the forest department for NOC for three years, but due to non-receipt of NOC, the construction work of the new pond is not being done.

The valley was inspected
The collector also inspected the inaccessible valley route on foot and gave proper directions to the officials to build the road as soon as possible.