- Does the government come here? - No government comes here, ma'am - If they do, its just for votes - Then they leave and never come back - It has happened to me and my kids - My mother and my father - What has happened? Show -Is this because of the water? - Yes, its only due to the water - What are you studying for? - What do you aspire to be? - I want to bring glory to my parents - I want to become a teacher - You want to be a teacher? - I have huge dreams for my village - You have huge dreams for your village - We drink the village's tube well's salty water - Salt water? - Yes! It is full of Fluoride! - What happens due to the Fluoride? - What? - (Repeats) What happens due to the Fluoride? - You fall ill. - Okay - Your knees hurt. Kids become weak. - This is what the children drink. - This water looks completely black - (Music) - Where do the Rajasthan households get their water - Let's find out - (Greets) Ram Ram - (Greets back) Ram Ram - We want to show the life in the deserts - as well as the life in Nagaur - Where do you hail from? - We originally hail from Uttrakhand, Nainital - It has mountains. It's extremely cold there - It's very hot here - Yes! It is hot here. - We're here to show how hot it is - May I ask why you make these videos? - When I was doing my masters, I learnt to make videos - So I learnt to make videos on different cultures - Our village's name is Chhamundia - (Repeats) Chhamundia - Yes - Which disrict does this village come in? - Tehsil area, Nagaur District, Rajasthan - (Repeats) Nagaur District, Rajasthan - Yes. Our pincode number is 341513. - (laughs) 341510! - Ah yes yes - For long have you been living here? - (Jokes) Sister! - I am born here, it's not a matter of how long! - (laughs) Okay then, tell us - I am born here, I've always been here - Tell us, what is the problem that you face here? - The problem here? Water is a huge problem here - What is the problem with it? - The water is not drinkable here - Where does the water come from? - What? - (Repeats) Where does the water come from? - What kind of water do you drink? - We drink the village's tube well's salty water - Salt water? - Yes! It is full of Fluoride! - What happens due to the Fluoride? - What? - (Repeats) What happens due to the Fluoride? - You fall ill. - Okay - Your knees hurt. - Kids become weak. So do the youth and everyone else. - See for yourself - There is a huge water problem ma'am - The women have to mostly carry water. Some men do too. - Even in extreme heat in the daytime, - One has to carry water in a pot on their head - If water comes at home directly, it would be good - This must effect your studies as well - Yes, of course it effects my studies - It effects it a lot? - Yes, it does, a lot - And the water that is carried causes problems? - Problem in the teeth or the knees? - Yes, in the teeth - Does it make your teeth yellow? Of everyone? - Yes it does, look around yourself, look at the kids - Look at them and them - Does the government come here? - No government comes here, ma'am - If they do, its just for votes - Then they leave and never come back - Does this water not dry up? - No no - We saw a lot of places where it has dried up - No no, we have seen it for 15 years, - it hasn't dried up yet - The water is from that well - There is a well here? - Yes, it's here - This is where the water comes from - Oh god! This is very deep! - Does the water not come through taps? - No, canal water is not accessible at the moment - Canal water is there but is not yet accessible - Okay, so this is the water you use for all purposes? - Yes, yes - How expensive is it? - At least ₹10 Lakh ($11,971) - These veiled women keep coming 00:04: 02 --> 00:04:04 - They keep filling their pots and going - (Greets) Namaste, are you from this village? - Yes, I belong to this village - This village itself? - Yes - How long have you been carrying water like this? - It's been many years - How long have you been in this village? - I myself am fifty years old - You've been here for fifty years? - Yes - Do you have children? - Yes - How many children do you have? - I have two sons and two daughters - You have two boys and two girls - Do they study? - Yes. - Have you been educated? - I have not gone to school - What did you say? Can someone please explain? - She says she has not been to school - You've not been to school? Do your children go? - Yes - Which grade do they study in? - They studied till 9th and then they left - Oh they left after 9th? - Yes - How many hours does it take for you to carry water? - I make at least 10-20 rounds in a day - You have to make 20 rounds a day? - Yes - From here itself? - It's either this water or the dirty water? - I have been doing this for 35 years - For 35 years? - Yes! - So your children also go and do this? - Yes our girls, daughters and grandchildren do the same - (laughs) Is this your grandchild? - Yes yes, give me the bottle (shows) Did he fill this? Yes he filled it - (Laughter) - How old is he? - Two and a half years old - (Laughs) The boys ran away - Sister, will you talk to us? - You're here filling water. How old are you? - Twenty two - You're twenty two - How many rounds do you make here in a day? - Twice a day - Are there other members at home? - Yes - Who is there? - My elder sister, my mother and father - (Repeats) An elder sister, mother and father - And do you study? - No I have left studies - You've left? Why? - Just because - Just because? Okay. Do you help your mother? - Yes - What is your name? - Guddi - Does the water for farming go from here? - There is no water left for farming - Oh okay. Did the Indira Gandhi Canal reach here? - Yes the canal water has reached here - But they give water once in eighteen to twenty days - and that too only reaches a twenty to thirty houses - It does not reach further than that - How many houses are there? - There are about 400 houses here - Out of 400 only twenty to thirty houses get water? - Yes in only twenty to thirty houses here and there - Even if you assume it to be fifty houses - It only reaches there - Do you study? Which class are you in? - I am in B.A Second Year - You parents are farmers? - Yes - And why do you study? - What do you aspire to be? - I want to bring glory to my parents - I want to become a teacher - (Repeats) You want to be a teacher - And you want to see your village prosper? - A lot. I have huge dreams for my village - You have what? - I have huge dreams for my village - (Greets) Ram Ram -( Greets back) Ram Ram - (Laughter and Music) - In the city we take our clean water for granted - The water of this places acts as a slow poison - Due to which the children, women and elders all get effected - But at least this place has water - Because the second village we are headed to - is not as lucky - The water is dry here - Get on the bike, we'll show you - Oh it's written here - Yes, it's written that the fine - for urinating near the pond is ₹ 1100 ($13) - This is completely dried - Yes it's completely dry - By when does it dry up? - It dries up around January February - And then it remains dried up for six months? - Yes - Completely? - Yes - Where does this water go? - Everyone has their own wells at home - they fill it with this water - There are 1114.2 acres of land over here - of the Oran - It's called Oran, right? - Yes. - There are about six or seven wells in this Oran - In total there are 10, or atleast 7 or 8 - and there are two three new wells - All the wells dry up - How many people (depend) on this water? - About ten villages - Ten villages? - How many people would that be? - Approximately 50,000 people - Only counting villagers and villages - Where do they get their water from? - From here itself - And where do you get water from -when it dries up? - Then there's only God - The animals that we don't keep at home, -the wild ones - They drink from places where there may be - a pipe leakage. Even they have a hard time - It is very hot. Who do we turn to? - We also grow a little bit of crops when it rains - What do you grow here? - Millet, green gram and moth - (Repeats) Millet, green gram and moth - Yes - We also keep animals here - like cows, goats, buffalos - Some have ten cows, ten to fifteen goats - What is the name of your village? - Guda, Bhagwandas - It was first Guda and then it became Bhagwandas - Which district does it belong to? - Nagaur - There are three wells usually filled with water - But only for four months in a year - In all other months, they lay dried up - It is the villagers' hard work - and dug up the wells under MGNERGA scheme - But now for seven months these will lay dried - People depend on these wells for daily purposes - like eating, washing and for the cattle - But because there is no rain, there is no water - Oh no! You should'nt have! - (Laughs) we are Marwari, - we need nothing but love - (Chatter and laughter) - You should also have some - No no, I just had tea For you, ma'am Thank you - You must have some - I'll have it directly from the bottle - Okay let's cheer. Cheers! Cheers! - It will grow bananas soon. A lot of them. - It will be sold for ₹ 200 per kg ($2.40) - Really? - After drying up, it will be sold - for for ₹ 500 per kg ($6) Oh wow! - Does this grow wild? All by itself? - Yes all by itself. You don't have to sow it It is a desi vegetable. - Illness, fever, skin diseases, all of it is due to - the canal water. We drink it and fall sick. - Does this happen to only a few or all? - Everyone falls sick, -about 80% of us have fallen sick - It has happened to me, my childrem, - my mother and father - What has happened? Show - It's a skin disease. I scratch here - and here. It's still there, isn't it? - Move your hand please, let us see - Here - This is due to the water? - Yes due to the water - This is happening to the children as well? - Yes it is. It first happened to my father so he got - medicine from the other village. It's fine now. - Do you get them checked by the doctor? - Yes. He has his price fixed at for ₹ 3000 ($35.93) - and to take the medicines - He gives you the medicines? - Yes - This is due to the Indira Gandhi Canal because - it gets mixed with the trash from Punjab - Not of the women, please - We get water from the tank - they take for ₹ 800 ($10) for one tank - How much water does it contain? - And one tanker is around 10,000 liters - They take ₹ 800 ($10) for one tank? -Yes - How much to they take? - Sometimes they even take ₹ 1000 or 2000 ($12-24) - (Solemn music plays) - After leaving Nagaur, I left for Jaisalmer - to Sam village sitting 90 Kms from the Indian border - The Sam village is very beautiful, - there are a lot of sand dunes, - many films have been shot here and - has a lot of foreign tourists - But does the village here have access to water? - Just like the first village, I wanted to speak - with the women and the girls of this village as well - But when I reached here - Please don't take the videos of the women - Okay, we won't - Please tell us about your village, do you have water? - There is very little water - Then what do you do? - We bathe after 7 days (laughs) - Look at our hair, there is no water - You bathe after 7 days? - Yes after 7 days - This is the tap - This is the tap? - Yes, even the goats drink this - It looks dirty! - Yes and the goats drink it as well - This is coming from the Canal? - No its not from the tap, its from the Canal - Indira Gandhi Canal? - Yes from Indira Gandhi Canal - Yes, the one coming from Punjab - This water is completely black - this is what the children are drinking - What can we do? - Has there been elections held here? - Yes there has been - Where was the booth? - Here, at the school - Did you go to vote? - Yes - What about summar? How are ypou able to survive? - We have a lot of spice, it makes us feel less heat - The more spice you eat, you feel less heat - How do you eat it? There are no vegetables? - We put it in water and with two flatbreads - we are able to survive in the heat - you live with Air Conditioners and Coolers - and eat vegetables with rice - but we eat big and thick flatbreads - made of what? - Sorghum - Sorghum flatbread and water? - Yes of wheat flatbread - (Music continues) - It's just these, its just chips - Wait wait wait - Wait wait! - It's okay, take it, take it - I did not expect this - First of all they asked us not to film the women - That itself was weird even though we saw there - that the women wanted to speak, they were coming out, they were looking at us out of curiousity - Because women are also inquisitive, they are human - they have a brain, they also think and want to talk - That was weird - Evem the children had a lot to tell - That child Ali told us a lot of things - He put forth his points and problems eloquently - If travel to different states through the highway - you will not see the poverty till you go in, the truth - till you actually ask people what they do and eat - then you will find out - India has developed a lot of highways but the - ground reality is still needs development - There is no water in the village where - one bathes once in seven days - It is so hot - It is so hot and if there is water only once a day - then it means that there is no water, right? - And if the water is so dirty, that means no water - And if there is no water, where is your basic right? - Then reality of the development... - When and where it is being done, - It's a question to be asked - What's next? - Subscribe to your mate, KK Create - Look how this dog is camouflaged