रामपुर के इस दलित गांव के 65 परिवारों को क्या सजा मिली? जानिए

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बीते चार दिनों से बड़ों के साथ बच्चे भी परेशान. पढ़ाई समेत रोजमर्रा की जिंदगी क्यों हुई प्रभावित.

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00:00The Dalit community was cut off from electricity by the electricity department.

00:05The village people were punished for not paying their bill.

00:09The whole village is in the dark, even the bill payers.

00:13On one hand, the big businessmen, officials and government departments

00:16are not being able to pay the electricity bill, despite the millions of rupees that are being saved.

00:21But because of the bill not being paid by the poor villagers and Dalit communities,

00:25the electricity in the entire area is being cut off and a collective punishment is being given.

00:30Such activities of the electricity department in Uttar Pradesh are continuing in Rampur.

00:35Last week, when some people's bills were still pending in the village,

00:39it was not even cold enough to cut off the electricity in the Jatpura village

00:42that now the electricity of the Dalit settlement Sainagar Mundia has been cut off.

00:45In such a situation, the people whose bills are being paid on time,

00:48they too are forced to live in the dark.

00:50And their children are worried about their studies, preparing for exams.

00:54The electricity department official is not ready to say anything on camera

00:57but on the phone, he is not stopping to tell the whole story of his frustration.

01:01My name is Gangaram, I am the head of this village.

01:05And the name of this village is Sainagar Colony.

01:08This is the entire Dalit settlement.

01:12There are about 40 connections of electricity here.

01:16Some of them are still there and some have been collected.

01:20Yesterday, Jai Sahib came here and cut off the electricity of the entire village from the transformer.

01:26I told him that the children of the Dalit settlement are studying here.

01:29The children of the school are preparing for their exams.

01:33He did not listen to me.

01:35I told him that we need 100% of the electricity.

01:38He said, let's get 100% done.

01:40Give us some time.

01:41But he did not listen to me and cut off the electricity.

01:43Our village is in darkness.

01:45There are about 60-65 families of the Dalit settlement.

01:49What problems are the villagers facing today?

01:51How are they surviving in the cold without electricity?

01:54There is a problem.

01:55There are small children and the school children are not able to study in the dark.

02:03There are other small children who are crying and struggling without electricity.

02:07You know how difficult life can be.

02:10Did you say anything to the authorities?

02:12I spoke to Jai Sahib today.

02:14I spoke to Jai Sahib yesterday as well.

02:16I told him that this is the time for the exam.

02:18Don't cut off the electricity now.

02:19Let's get some bill deposited.

02:21Some people deposited the bill.

02:23He said, no.

02:24We will cut off the electricity only when all the bills are deposited.

02:28He did not listen to me.

02:31What are the children's papers?

02:33They are preparing for school.

02:35You know how difficult life can be without electricity.

02:40There are many other problems.

02:42My name is Sandhya.

02:44I study in the 7th class.

02:46The electricity in our village has been cut off.

02:49Our exams are nearing.

02:51We are struggling a lot to study.

02:53How are you studying in the dark?

02:55We are struggling a lot.

02:57We are studying by keeping a lamp close to us.

03:00We are studying by lighting candles.

03:04Our exams are very near.

03:06The electricity has been cut off.

03:07The inverter has also been cut off.

03:08Yes, our inverter is also not working.

03:10So, you are facing problems in your studies.

03:13Yes.

03:14What will you say to the authorities?

03:17I will ask them to return the electricity to our village.

03:20So that our children can study properly.

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