00:00We are helpless, we can't do anything. We have to apply, we have to get something done.
00:03This is not the government's decision, this is the government's decision.
00:05This is not the government's decision, this is the government's decision.
00:14Hi, this is Sharmita Kaur from Outlook, bringing you ground reports from Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
00:18During our visit to Fatehwadi,
00:20which is a colony located on the western bank of Sabarmati river,
00:24also adjacent to Juhapura area, which is the largest urban Muslim ghetto in India.
00:32The nearest school, government school, is kilometers away
00:36and people have to rely on private transport to get their kids to schools every day.
00:42In the year 2000-2003, we had to pay Rs. 3,500 per month.
00:45We had to pay Rs. 300-400 per month for water, which we didn't get.
00:50My kids go to school for Rs. 1,800 per month.
00:56On rickshaws?
00:56Yes, on rickshaws.
00:57One girl goes to school for Rs. 1,100 per month, and she has to pay Rs. 40 per day.
01:01They don't have a life.
01:03They have to go to school, and they are sick.
01:06How much is the fees?
01:08No, it depends on the municipality.
01:10It depends on the rent.
01:11If it's the municipality, then it depends on the rent.
01:14Is the government model of Gujarat important?
01:20No, it's not important.
01:21It's just a little important here.
01:23The government model is the one in the city.
01:25If we have to pay rent, they'll tell us to bring a house.
01:28If we have to pay rent, they'll tell us to bring a house.
01:30If we have to pay rent, they'll tell us to bring a house.
01:31They give us all our Aadhar cards and phone numbers.
01:33They make us work so much that the public will tell us to leave.
01:36They'll tell us to leave.
01:38You can't pay rent on a rickshaw.
01:40When you go to the hospital, they ask you to go to Sarvedaung, and then they say that you have this problem.
01:46The hospital is closed.
01:48Often, in government work, everything comes at the same time.
01:52Sarvedaung.
01:53For two months.
01:54For Ayushman Khan, for anything, go to Sarvedaung.
01:57Today, no.
01:58Today, no.
01:59Today, no.
02:00But go so far, rent it, and then this job will come.
02:04Actually, this doesn't happen.
02:06They just have to get three waives.
02:09You have to get three waives?
02:11Yes.
02:12There should be a complaint on that too.
02:14Yes.
02:15Do you pay attention to everyone and tell them or not?
02:19Do you give them money?
02:21Yes.
02:22If you give them money, your work will be done.
02:24Yes, you have to give them money.
02:26Give Rs. 5000, Rs. 3000.
02:28Rs. 5000.
02:29Rs. 5000.
02:30Rs. 5000.
02:31So, it will come in four days.
02:33So, they do it quickly.
02:35Yes, and even after giving Rs. 5000, it will come in four days.
02:39They say, your hands are full, they've already paid for the rest.
02:43It all comes in four days.
02:45If the money comes in four days, it doesn't come out in four days.
02:49If they say, I am listening to you, then it means that my mother-in-law has done it.
02:53She said, that is not your mother-in-law, she has made it like this.
02:56So, they don't give you.
02:58If they say, give one.
02:59It is not original.
03:00It is not original.
03:01If you want to give grains, then you will have to give grains.
03:04If you want to make something, you have to go to the ration card.
03:06No one makes it.
03:08Once or twice, I left the money in the ration card.
03:12It doesn't work when you give so much money.
03:14They give so much food that no one can eat it.
03:16They give so much rice that people can't eat it.
03:20I haven't brought anything since 14 years.
03:22I have a very old ration card.
03:24I haven't brought anything since 14 years.
03:26I can't eat that food.
03:28I don't know what is the purpose.
03:30I have to wait for so long.
03:32I have to go to the ration card from morning 3-4 am.
03:34I can't eat that food.
03:36He has been here for 2-3 years.
03:38He used to sleep before.
03:40He has a ration card.
03:42I have a ration card.
03:44I don't know anything.
03:46If you can't eat anything, you have to go to the ration card.
03:48And rice.
03:50The person who has a ration card, he has to go and eat rice.
03:52He doesn't have to eat lentils or lentils.
03:54He doesn't have to eat oil.
03:56The main thing in the ration card is that no one has it.
03:58If there is a ration card,
04:00then there is no other way.
04:02If there is a ration card,
04:04then there is no other way.
04:06If there is another way,
04:08then there will be a ration card.
04:10If there is no ration card,
04:12then no one will get it.
04:14If you are in trouble,
04:16then where will you get 25,000, 100,000, or 200,000?
04:18As we spoke to the people there,
04:20we found out that there are no government schools in the area,
04:22no government hospitals,
04:24and even public transport
04:26transport doesn't reach the area.
04:43People have also raised concerns that they don't receive any support from the government.
05:13We are in dire need of an Anganwadi.
05:18Is there any other primary health care centre?
05:20No, there is none.
05:22Do you know where the nearest Anganwadi is?
05:26It's right there.
05:28My kids go to school in Royal Agra.
05:32The bus number 31 used to start.
05:35It used to run for 6 months.
05:37Then it stopped.
05:39There used to be a bus for Sagarata.
05:41Yes, Sagarata.
05:43The bus drivers used to listen to us.
05:45They used to listen to us.
05:47They think that if the buses reach Anganwadi,
05:49they will get a free bus.
05:51They used to listen to us.
05:53Now, when the hospital is overloaded,
05:55they don't listen to us.
05:57The garbage trucks that come,
05:59they are always full.
06:01What will happen if they come in 4 days?
06:03The garbage trucks will not come.
06:05The government is the one who gets to collect the garbage.
06:07As a result of this, people are dependent on local committees and trusts or on themselves
06:16to build their homes.
06:17That's all for today, please stay tuned for more ground reports.
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