'વીજળી માટે વલોપાત', આઝાદીના 75 વર્ષ બાદ પણ ગુજરાતના આ ગામ અંધારામાં

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બનાસકાંઠાના સરહદી ભારત-પાકિસ્તાનની બોર્ડર પર આવેલા વાવ તાલુકાના રાધાનેસડા અને લાપડીયા ગામમાં આઝાદી પછી આજ દિન સુધી લાઈટ આવી નથી.

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00:30But in Banaskatha district, there has been a lot of development in the villages of Sarhadi Vistar.

00:36To find out how the people of Sarhadi Vistar of Banaskatha district are living their lives,

00:43the ATB Bharat team had reached Avistar.

00:46And they tried to find out the situation and problems of the people.

00:51My life is very mean. What can I do?

00:55Have you ever agreed?

00:57Yes, I have. I have been doing it for two years now.

01:00I have been doing it for two years now.

01:06What kind of problems do the children face?

01:08They face a lot of problems.

01:09If they want to do their lessons at night, they have to do it in the dark.

01:14What kind of problems do you have with the batteries you are using?

01:17I have a lot of problems with the batteries.

01:20They don't work.

01:23There is a big solar park nearby.

01:26Yes, there is a solar park nearby.

01:28I don't have electricity.

01:32We do not have electricity.

01:35We have water.

01:37But we have no electricity.

01:39We have no electricity.

01:42We don't have water.

01:46The authorities have given us electricity.

01:51But we have no electricity.

01:55The government has come, my sister was there.

01:58There were lights everywhere in Gujarat.

02:01I don't know the reason why there were no lights.

02:05For how many years were there no lights?

02:08For 50 years there were no lights.

02:12There were lights everywhere in Gujarat.

02:14The solar government came,

02:16for 50 years there were no lights.

02:19There was no authority.

02:21If there were lights, our future would be better.

02:23There is no future for us.

02:25There is no authority.

02:27Radha Nesda and Lappadiya villages

02:29of the Vavtaluka community

02:31have come to the borders of India-Pakistan.

02:33Even after independence,

02:35these villages are deprived

02:37of electricity.

02:39These two villages have not received

02:41electricity till date.

02:43The important thing is that Radha Nesda

02:45will give the world's largest solar park

02:47to the village.

02:49This solar park will provide electricity

02:51to the entire village.

02:53But the neighboring village

02:55is deprived of electricity.

02:57So, the locals have to struggle

02:59for electricity.

03:01In the evening,

03:03there is darkness in both the villages.

03:05In Lappadiya village,

03:0770 to 80 families are living.

03:09In Radha Nesda village,

03:11600 families are living.

03:13Out of which,

03:15in 50 houses,

03:176 months ago there was electricity.

03:19Out of which,

03:21550 families are living in darkness.

03:23They have only one wish

03:25that they get electricity from the village.

03:27There is no electricity in our village.

03:29For how many years?

03:31For 40 years.

03:33We have been left alone.

03:35What kind of trouble do you face

03:37without electricity?

03:39There is no electricity.

03:41Do you get electricity

03:43when a leader comes?

03:45When a leader comes,

03:47we don't understand him.

03:49When a leader comes,

03:51we go away.

03:53I can't see any electricity.

03:55What do you want?

03:57I want electricity.

03:59There is no electricity in our village.

04:01We don't have electricity.

04:03If we don't have electricity,

04:05how will we live in the dark?

04:07We can't even walk in the dark.

04:09We have no electricity.

04:11There is no electricity in our village.

04:13Is there electricity in the village?

04:15I don't have electricity in my village.

04:17For how many years you don't have electricity?

04:19I don't have electricity in my village.

04:21I don't even have a car.

04:23How difficult is it to get electricity in your village?

04:25It is very difficult.

04:27Whenever there is an emergency,

04:29the leaders of these villages

04:31keep talking big.

04:33But in these villages,

04:35no one has tried to provide electricity

04:37till date.

04:39So, even the locals

04:41have a hidden anger towards the government.

04:43On the other hand, the panchayat

04:45along with the government hospitals

04:47have provided electricity in the primary schools.

04:49But in the villages,

04:51even today, there is no electricity

04:53in the homes of the people

04:55who have to struggle

04:57for their livelihood.

04:59I want to tell the government

05:01that these villages

05:03have not had electricity

05:05for the last 75 years.

05:07I have tried to convince the government

05:09to provide electricity.

05:11But the government has promised me

05:13that they will provide electricity

05:15till date.

05:17How are you able to survive

05:19without electricity?

05:21In today's world,

05:23children can't even be born.

05:25There is no electricity.

05:27How can children be born in the dark?

05:29What is your demand?

05:31My demand to the government

05:33is that they have promised

05:35to provide electricity,

05:37but why are they not fulfilling it?

05:39The government has promised

05:41that they will provide electricity

05:43till date.

05:45But in this village,

05:47there is no electricity.

05:51How many people live in your village?

05:53There are around 600-700 people.

05:57The situation of the people

05:59who are struggling for their livelihood

06:01has been shown in different ways.

06:03In this village,

06:05people are not able to get water

06:07because of which people

06:09have been living in the dark

06:11for years.

06:13Let's see

06:15when the government

06:17will free these people from the darkness.

06:19ETV Bharat, Hyderabad

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