SUMMER: No Water Supply, Adivasis Buying Purified Drinking Water Cans for Special Occasions

Dongargaon : Adivasis are buying cans-full of purified drinking water and use them for cooking too, especially for marriages and other social gatherings during the summer season in the Adilabad region. Government-supplied potable drinking water is not available during summer season, when it is most needed, or the supply is insufficient for big gatherings, tribals said. Many private companies have set up water plants in the tribal areas and supply purified drinking water in cans to the villages daily or in bulk for special occasions. Kova Bheem Rao of Dongargaon in Indravelli mandal said adivasis used to depend on the wells, local borewells, streams and rivulets for extra water for drinking and domestic purposes on special occasions but this caused health problems.