These issues has been taken from the
district Koraput, a district which ranks top most not only in Odisha but also
in India in terms of poor development parameters which is home to tribal. In
the facade of development a lot of money is being put into the district. Most
bilateral organizations & Ngos are putting their effort to make the
government’s development mechanism effective towards achieving the MDG goals
but nobody realizes the gap that remains between the availability of services
to the community and for them to avail the facilities. Figures shows that a lot
funds are being utilized on safe drinking water projects but still the
community faces water issues. In Koraput region people are mostly using open
well, stream water & hand pumps for drinking water purposes. The
dark side is that to avail the Government drinking water the people have to pay
an amount of Rs 12000 for a new connection in NAC/ Municipal area which is too
much for those who cannot even afford one square meal a day. The payments to
official charges from Rs 6500- 7000 and the rest is being spent on excavation
work & instruments purchase such as GI pipe & PVC pipe due to geographical structure. Koraput is located along
the Eastern Ghats.
