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Polluted water compounds bachelor woes

By Anil Sharma, Dudu (Rajasthan): Single men in this small Rajasthan

town are finding it difficult to end their bachelorhood, as not many

families are prepared to marry their daughters to men from a place

known for heavy fluoride content in its water.

 

Many residents of Dudu, about 60 km from here, and surrounding

villages are affected by various orthopaedic problems due to the

excessive fluoride in the water.

 

" I have two sons of marriageable age but all my efforts to find

brides for them have failed due to the water problem, " Ramji Lal

Jat, a Dudu resident, told IANS.

 

" Even the local people want to marry their daughters in other parts

of Rajasthan, " he said.

 

Hariram Singh, a taxi driver from Boraj, a village close to state

capital Jaipur, said no one wanted to knowingly put their daughters

in trouble by marrying them to men from Dudu.

 

" I rejected a proposal for my daughter from a family living near

Dudu as I would not like my daughter to live there even for a short

while, " he remarked.

 

Ramji Lal Jat said people might have to shift out of the region if

the situation did not improve. That option, however, is not easy for

long-time residents of Dudu.

 

" I have been here for the last 55 years. I cannot leave the place as

all my fields and houses are here. The only thing we can do is to

wait for slow death from drinking the fluoride-contaminated water, "

said Shankar Chaudhary, another resident of a village near Dudu.

 

Babulal Nagar, the legislator from Dudu, acknowledged the

problem. " Drinking water in the area is contaminated. The situation

has become graver as people are not ready to marry their daughters

in our area.

 

" If this continues, the day is not far when the town will be erased

from Rajasthan's map. "

 

Nagar, who belongs to the opposition Congress party, blamed the

ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the problem.

 

He said while the former Congress government had cleared a project

in September 2003 to supply uncontaminated drinking water from

Bilaspur dam to Dudu and nearby villages, the BJP government had not

pursued the project.

 

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