After heavy rain, 18 Damoh villages cutoff from state
BHOPAL: As many as 18 villages of Damoh district are cut off from the rest of the country after the first spell of heavy rain. With no school, no health services and no big market in these villages, the villagers are waiting for the water level to go down for the life to return to normalcy.
In all more than 15000 population is affected as water flows several feet over the Padghat bridge, a meeting point of two seasonal rivers all of them in spate.
In the last 24 hours, 184 mm of rainfall was recorded in the drought-prone Damoh district.
Rain pounds Damoh for 2 days
Damoh has been witnessing good rain for the past 48 hours.
“The Padghat bridge is a meeting point of Gouraiya and Mahala rivers and the water released from a small dam nearby also meets at the same point leading to flooding of the 20-year-old bridge,” said Bhola Yadav, a resident of Bundela village.
Rajendra Kevat, another villager said, “the bridge is underwater for most of the monsoon period.”
Rain pounds Damoh for 2 days
Damoh has been witnessing good rain for the past 48 hours.
“The Padghat bridge is a meeting point of Gouraiya and Mahala rivers and the water released from a small dam nearby also meets at the same point leading to flooding of the 20-year-old bridge,” said Bhola Yadav, a resident of Bundela village.
Rajendra Kevat, another villager said, “the bridge is underwater for most of the monsoon period.”
The villages are part of Tendukheda block of Damoh district. The average distance of these villages is about 10 km from Tendukheda town where the villagers from the 18 villages come to sale milk and vegetables.
“All the teachers of a middle school and primary school in the villages live in Tendukheda and they are not able to cross the bridge. Besides, the children from the affected villages come to Tendukheda in higher secondary schools and other private educational institutions,” said Bhola.
There are some subhealth centres in the villages where the paramedical staff visits.
The main government hospital is situated in Tendukheda, he said.
Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), Damoh Gagan Bisen said, “We will inform the higher authorities about the issue. I have already directed the block medical officer to ensure medical facilities at the sub-health centres of the affected villages.”
“Besides, the janpad panchayat officials have been directed to ensure other basic facilities in the villages,” Bisen said.
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