IN INDIA'S RICHEST CITY, A VILLAGE POORER THAN SUB-SAHARN AFRICA
NO POWER,NO TOILETS,NO SCHOOLS,NO CHILD IMMUNISED,YES THIS IS DELHI.
This village is an hour drive from the heart of india's government and the so called traditional churches who are boasting of reaching the unreached.in delhi we have more than 350 churches and more than 250 christian organizations.but then also we are not aware about this village.just a question to ask ,have you heard of BADARPUR KHAADAR? this village is represented in the village by the son of delhi's chief minister.
yet there is no elecricity,no toilets , no piped waters , no schools.WELCOME TO BADARPUR KHAADAR a muslim majority village of 1,120 whose inhabitants lack a list of amenities that many subsaharn villages have,a village so steeped in chronic peverty that a global repot reffered it to a case study of modern india's extremes.
A muddy embankment that doubles up as the villages main road ,with no power the village plunges to dark at the night.water comes only through of the 11 hand pumps installes by authoritie a decade ago.
Nearest primary school is 7 km away in sabhapur and the closest high school is 13 km away.most villagers here are san miners.this village doesnt have a heath clinic.
most labourers earn between 50 and 80 a day at times they nothing for months especially in the monsoons when sand minig is impossible.
TALE OF NEGLECT
- MUDDY EMBANKMENTS DOUBLES UP AS MAIN ROADS
- 3 OF THE 11 HAND PUMPS INSTALLED A DECADE AGO WORKING
- RESIDENTS RELIEVE THEMSELVES IN OPEN
- 7 KM WAY IS THE NEAREST PRIMARY SCHOOL
- RS 50 - RS 80 A DAY THE LABOURERS EARN
STATISTICS
- NO: OF PEOPLE MORE THAN 1050
- MORE THAN 350 CHILDREN UNEDUCATED
