Demand for Conservation of old Water Sources

Well in 250 bigha Pond, Used for quenching the thirst in the 1980s

The drinking water crisis started as soon as the water supply from the Kharda dam of the area had started. But despite such an emergency, the 250 bigha pond of the town has been in a miserable state. The wells and bawris in the pond are also in ruins whereas till the 1980s the people used to quench their thirst from this pond. The people say that at that time the town’s pond & wells were in useful condition for drinking water but now the people are facing the brunt due to the neglect of the ancient water sources. The condition is that the people now are dependent on the water department for the supply of drinking water. The condition of the pond remains unusable even after spending lakhs of rupees in MGNREGA for beautification and building a security wall in the pond complex. Villagers told that if the pond had been taken care of, the residents of the town would have gotten relief in case of the drinking water crisis. Before joining the Jawai canal pond the townspeople use to quench their thirst with these water sources in the drinking water crisis. Villagers who had seen that period said that if the Jawai pipeline would not have been linked, there would have been no problem related to the storage of water in Rohat nor the pond would have reached in unusable condition.

Before connecting with the Jawai canal, 5 beris & 1 stepwell built-in pond complex used to be crowded:

In the 1980s drinking water problem was solved by connecting Rohat pond with the Jawai canal. In the pond premises, the villagers used to quench their thirst by taking water from stepwells - Rawali Beri, Brahmani Beri, Panchayati Beri, Chhatri ka Beri, and Amruti Beri. Radio river was used for bathing, but after the water supply from Jawai was started, water is being filled in 2 small storage tanks, which is not enough.

Demand has been made to connect the pipeline of Rohat to Kudi Haud with the pond

During the demonstration related to the spread of diseases & hard water, the villagers demanded that the pipeline coming from Kudi  Haud to Rohat be connected with the pond. Villagers say that this will help in improving the utility of the pond and at the same time the residents of the town will get relief by improving the storage & drinking water crisis.

Ponds became unstable due to neglect

Former Zilla Parishad Kesar Singh Parihar, Former Deputy Sarpanch Manaram Dewasi said that we have seen the situation before the Jawi canal was connected to the pond during 1980. During that time, the pond used to quench the thirst from existing beris. Presently, due to the neglect the water sources, the pond has become unusable. Instead of connecting the Jawai pipeline to the water supply department, if it had been connected to the pond then the water sources would not have become unusable. In the event of a drinking water crisis, there would have been relief for the people & the surrounding.