LS polls: No water supply, no vote, say villagers of Gujarat’s Songadh

Apr 10, 2019

Songadh (Gujarat) Apr 10 (ANI): People of Mal village of Songadh Tehsil nearly 30km away from Ukai Dam is facing water scarcity. Villagers are dependent on water tanks and government hand pumps. A borewell was being drilled here today. This is the same village, where people have boycotted Vidhan Sabha election, due to lack of proper road connectivity towards their village and surprisingly, this is the same village where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing a rally on Wednesday. While speaking to ANI a local said, "We start queuing up outside handpumps at 3-4 am so that water can be collected for morning meals”. Another villager said, "We had earlier boycotted elections in demand of road, and will boycott LS polls again if our demands are not fulfilled."