Acute shortage of drinking water in tribal areas of Thane, has claimed the life of a 37-year-old woman, who died of exhaustion, allegedly while running from pillar to post for fetching water, reports reaching the district headquarters said today
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In a shocking incident a woman collapsed due to exhaustion and died after standing in the scorching sun to collect water in a village near Mumbai.
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Vasai MLA and chief of Shramajivi Sanghatana, Vivek Pandit told PTI that the incident took place when Parvati Ramu Jadhav, a tribal woman from Dolara village of Mokhada taluka went to fill water from the tanker, which comes to the village only once in four days.u00a0
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She could not get water as the tanker went empty before her turn came. Then she turned towards the village well, which already witnessed a huge que for fetching water.
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Pandit said these villagers are required to trek several miles to fetch water which the victim had been doing since several days in scorching sun.u00a0
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Last week, when Parvati could not get water from the village well even after standing in the line for several hours, she decided to return home, he said.u00a0
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Reportedly, there was a stampede near the well. On her way back, she collapsed and died later, reports said.u00a0
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Pandit said the district administration needs to take the water issue seriously and immediately step in to prevent such incidents.u00a0
