A long-awaited respite for Bastar village as it gets tap water

For the 35-odd families of Nelangur — a remote hilly village deep inside Abujhmad forests in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district — summer ordeal of travelling long distances for water may be a thing of the past.

Once a Maoist stronghold, the village on the Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border and nearly 52 km from the district headquarter, received tap water connection this past week. This means that the families residing here would no longer be dependent on streams and endure shortage of water at this time of the year, said officials.