'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.

01:26We have a lot of solar panels.

01:28We have four solar panels.

01:29If we had a solar panel, we could get electricity.

01:31We don't have electricity.

01:34We don't have water.

01:35If we had water, we could get electricity.

01:39We don't have water.

01:43We don't have electricity.

01:46If the government comes, they will say,

01:49we don't have electricity.

01:51They will take a vote.

01:52But they don't give us electricity.

01:55If the government comes, they will say,

01:57we don't have electricity.

01:59We have electricity in Gujarat.

02:01What is the reason we don't have electricity?

02:05How long have you not had electricity?

02:08We have not had electricity in 50 years.

02:13If the government comes, they will say,

02:15we have not had electricity in 50 years.

02:18They will say that we don't have electricity,

02:20I don't have any plans for the future.

02:26Radha Nesda and Lappadya villages of Vavtaluka district of Banerjee Katha Panthak, which is located on the border of India-Pakistan,

02:33are deprived of electricity due to the lack of foot facilities even after independence.

02:38These two villages have not received electricity till date.

02:42The important thing is that Radha Nesda village will become the world's largest solar park.

02:49This solar park will receive electricity all year round.

02:52But the neighboring village has been deprived of electricity,

02:55which has forced the locals to struggle for electricity.

03:00And as evening falls, there is darkness in both these villages.

03:05AC families are living in Lappadya village from Sitter,

03:08and 600 families are living in Radha Nesda village.

03:12As a result, more than 50 houses in Ganya Gathiya had received electricity six months ago.

03:17But even today, 500 to 550 families are living in a dark environment.

03:22They have only one demand, that they should receive electricity by evening.

03:27There is no electricity in our village.

03:29How long has there been no electricity?

03:30It's been four years.

03:31When it used to rain, we used to go home.

03:34What kind of problems do you face without electricity?

03:36We face a lot of problems.

03:37We don't have electricity to feed our children.

03:41Do you get electricity when a leader comes?

03:43No, because we don't have any money.

03:48If a leader comes, we don't get electricity.

03:51We don't get electricity.

03:53What do you want?

03:55What?

03:56What do you want?

03:57We want electricity.

03:58We don't have electricity in our village.

04:00Even if we get electricity, we don't have electricity.

04:03We don't have electricity in our village.

04:05What can we do?

04:07We have no electricity.

04:09I don't have electricity in my village.

04:13Do you have electricity in your village?

04:15No, I 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 much electricity do you have?

04:25I have a lot of electricity.

04:27Whenever there is a power cut,

04:29the leaders of these villages

04:31keep talking big.

04:33But in these villages,

04:35no one has tried to provide electricity

04:37to these villages.

04:39So, even the locals

04:41have a hidden hatred for the government.

04:43On the other hand,

04:45the panchayat houses and government hospitals

04:47have electricity in their primary schools.

04:49But in the villages,

04:51there is still no electricity

04:53in the houses of the residents.

04:55Because of this,

04:57these people have to struggle

04:59for their livelihood.

05:01I want to tell the government

05:03that these villages have been

05:05in darkness for a long time.

05:07I have told the government

05:09that I don't have electricity.

05:11Many politicians have come

05:13and promised me that

05:15I won't have electricity.

05:17How do you live without electricity?

05:19Without electricity,

05:21even children can't be born.

05:23We know that there is no electricity,

05:25so we have to live in darkness.

05:27How can children be born in darkness?

05:29What is your demand?

05:31My demand to the government is

05:33that this government should

05:35give us electricity.

05:37But the government has made

05:39a big project of solar plants

05:41in 700 hectares of this village.

05:43So, they have not given us

05:45electricity.

05:47How many houses do you have in your village?

05:49We have 600-700 houses in this village.

05:51The situation of the people

05:53who live in the border area

05:55has shown different signs.

05:57People from the villages

05:59who live in this village

06:01don't get water

06:03or electricity

06:05to drink.

06:07Because of this,

06:09villages like Radha, Neshra

06:11and Lapadia

06:13have to live in darkness.

06:15Let's see when the government

06:17will free these villages from darkness.

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