Patna (Bihar): It takes a long, hard trek, across harsh terrain before the women of Chainpur can get what they are looking for.
Water is scarce in this part of Bihar, and the five-kilometre walks daily are what keeps the village going.They are also the reason that over half of Chainpur's men are being forced to stay single.
Says a villager, Ram Dular Yadav, "I'm 50 now and still unmarried. I have no children to take the family name forward."
Villages like Chainpur can only be reached after a long walk across hilly country.
The villagers rely mainly on their women for water and so, not surprisingly, few families from outside these areas want to marry their daughters to a man from the village.
Says another villager, Babu Lal Bind, "Looking at all these problems, no one wants to marry their girls here."
Adds Pinki Kumari, "Everyone is a bachelor here. No one is being able to get married."
This is the difference between haves and have nots. Water, which has no value here in cities is causing somebody dearly - so dearly that many will remain single all their life.
These helpless lots are anxiously waiting for a helping hand to bless them with enough water so that they don't remain untouchable all their life.
Water is scarce in this part of Bihar, and the five-kilometre walks daily are what keeps the village going.They are also the reason that over half of Chainpur's men are being forced to stay single.
Says a villager, Ram Dular Yadav, "I'm 50 now and still unmarried. I have no children to take the family name forward."
Villages like Chainpur can only be reached after a long walk across hilly country.
The villagers rely mainly on their women for water and so, not surprisingly, few families from outside these areas want to marry their daughters to a man from the village.
Says another villager, Babu Lal Bind, "Looking at all these problems, no one wants to marry their girls here."
Adds Pinki Kumari, "Everyone is a bachelor here. No one is being able to get married."
This is the difference between haves and have nots. Water, which has no value here in cities is causing somebody dearly - so dearly that many will remain single all their life.
These helpless lots are anxiously waiting for a helping hand to bless them with enough water so that they don't remain untouchable all their life.
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