Goa: No water & power for 70 years, Dhangars in Cavrem continues to fight

Quepem: CM Announcement of Sawant Pramod from free water supply up to 16,000 liters per month only assembling 100 members of the Dhangar community in Cavrem-Publish Panchayat Jurisdiction.
Their homes did not have water tap or the power supply for the past 70 years even when they regretted the bath politician with promises only during the election time.
Living in this remote forest part of Camona, Maina, they continue to struggle in primitive conditions, far from the most basic infrastructure.
They don’t have the right way connectivity too, because their residence is located 12 km from the city of Quepem and two km from the main road.
“The minister’s chairman has promised free water to the Goan family.
This seems to be a gimmick poll because the government failed to give us water for seven decades,” said Bhang Tuko Bhavdhan, a resident of Dhangar (Gawli).
The government did try to help by building a well about five years ago, but the source dries during the summer.
“There are no placed pipes and water from Nullah available until January.
A spring helps us plug in the crisis until the rainy season, but this is far away,” said Bhagi Bhavdhan, another resident, said.
In Camona, which has now been brought based on the constituency of Sanguem from the Quepem poll segment since 2012, another condition for the Dhangar community is also sad.
The nearest electricity line is two km, but there is no electric pole founded.
“We survived the chimney chimney lamp for more than seven decades.
The solar panel installed by local Panchayat in 2016 worked for only three years.
Not a single bulb can be turned on now, and repeat reminders to illuminate the area has failed,” Jaya Bhavdhan said, “said Jaya Bhavdhan, A 60-year-old woman.
Two-km-long roads without flooding and uneven paths are in bad condition, hardly motorized even for two-wheeled vehicles, especially during the rainy season.
Previously, all families had goats and relying on selling their milk to make a living.
But now, the old goat warehouse is empty.
“The landlord did not allow our goats to move to their cashew plantations, so we sold it.
They gave us around 500 square meters for each household, but the title document has not been registered,” said the local word.
Acquiring education, too, is an obstacle.
Some families have sent their children to relatives’ homes in Valkini, 30 km away, and have registered them at the government school there.