The BJP workers also handed over a memorandum to the Latur Municipal Corporation's water supply engineer during the protest
Several BJP workers gathered at the Latur Municipal Corporation complex to protest on Monday. Representational Pic/File
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a 'jalabhishek' protest against the Latur civic body over supply of contaminated water to citizens in parts of the Latur district in Maharashtra, reported the PTI.
Several BJP workers gathered at the Latur Municipal Corporation complex to protest on Monday.
BJP city president Devidas Kale said that MLA Amit Deshmukh and the civic body have done nothing to provide relief to people, as per the PTI.
A memorandum was submitted the LMC's water supply engineer, he added.
Congress targets state govt over water crisis in Nashik
The Congress on Monday slammed the Mahayuti government over the severe water crisis in Nashik district of Maharashtra which has forced women to risk their lives to fetch water from dried wells, reported the PTI.
Maharashtra Congress chief Harshvardhan Sapkal said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised clean tap water to every home in the country by 2024 under the Jal Jeevan Mission. However, the 'Har Ghar Nal, Har Nal Jal' appeared only on posters, while the reality in many villages is dire.
He said that mothers and sisters in the rural areas of the Nashik district still have to cross mountains and valleys with pots to fetch water, as per the PTI.
"Moreover, in many places, they risk their lives to descend into dry wells for just a pot of water," Harshvardhan Sapkal posted on X.
He stated that this is not just a failure of the government but a grim reality of insensitivity and empty sloganeering.
Congress Legislature Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar also highlighted women's struggle for water.
"This is a great shame for Maharashtra that mothers and sisters are having to fight such a life-threatening struggle for water," he said.
Wadettiwar said the government is awash with funds to spend on the upcoming Sinhastha Kumbh Mela to be held in Nashik and questioned its priorities.
They have money to splurge on festivals and programmes but not for drinking water for the people, he alleged.
"The government should stop misleading the public by throwing events and work on the real issues of the people. First, provide drinking water to these poor families, then celebrate festivals worth thousands of crores," he added, the news agency reported.
(with PTI inputs)
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