Gadchiroli May 3 (District Correspondent) Contrary to the tall claims often made about development of Gadchiroli district, the harsh reality of the difficult life of the people in remote areas has come to light once again.
After two villagers were seriously injured in a wild boar attack, they had to be put into a ‘kavad’ (bamboo made cot) and carried on foot through the rough roads among the hills to reach the main road for treatment. This has raised serious concerns about the administration’s claims of development, as in many remote areas, people still lose their lives due to lack of timely medical and lack of transportation arrangements.
In the remote and hilly region of Bhamragad taluka, on April 30 around a man named Pidse (40) was badly injured as he was attacked by a wild boar when he had gone into the forest to collect bamboo for house construction along with two villagers.
The other villagers somehow tried to drive away the wild boar after the incident. Since there was no road access, fellow villagers tied the injured men to a ‘kavad’ and carried him for about one kilometer through rough hilly terrain to reach the nearest road. From there, they were taken to a rural hospital for treatment.
Carrying the patients in kawad is not a new thing in the area, but this time it happened during the very summer season thereby exposing the administration’s claims that all is well in the district. During rainy season, carrying the patients in kawad passing through knee deep water of the nullahs and rivers has become a normal thing.
While the district is going to be turned into a steel hub of the country, the incident of a tribal man being carried on the human shoulders speaks much about the ground situation of the district and the people living in it.
