The Dewas water crisis has forced residents of Bhamori village to approach the district administration after household taps remained dry despite the presence of a water tank built under the Nal-Jal scheme. Villagers reached the Collectorate on Friday and submitted a memorandum seeking a permanent solution to the recurring shortage.
Residents told the Times of India that all three borewells in the village had experienced a decline in water levels, leaving the local tank without a reliable source to supply homes. The shortage has pushed several families to depend on private water tankers, while women residents said they walk between one and two kilometres each day to collect water from open wells.
The villagers said the remaining groundwater in the area routinely dries up by December. Their memorandum therefore seeks a connection to the Narmada pipeline currently being laid from Chapda to Karnawad. According to the residents, linking Bhamori to that pipeline is the only permanent measure capable of ending the repeated water shortages.
The situation highlights the gap between the presence of water infrastructure and the availability of a dependable source for household supply. While Bhamori has a water tank under the Nal-Jal scheme, the depletion of its borewells has left the system unable to provide water through household taps. The memorandum places the responsibility for resolving that gap before the district administration.
For residents, the crisis has created both a daily collection burden and an additional financial cost. Families that can afford it are paying for private tankers, while others are relying on open wells located away from their homes. The reported one- to two-kilometre walks required to fetch water have made the shortage a household-level service failure rather than a temporary interruption.
The villagers’ demand is linked to the larger pipeline project between Chapda and Karnawad, which they want extended or connected to Bhamori. The report does not specify the administration’s response to the memorandum, the status of the proposed connection, or a timeline for restoring regular household water supply. The next steps will depend on how the district authorities assess the village’s request and address the failure of its existing borewell-based supply.
