A lack of clean water has forced villagers living in Sarang, Odisha, to collect water from muddy puddles.

Footage shows a group of women scooping up the visibly dirty water into their containers which they then carry back to their village.

One of the villagers claimed that they sometimes find insects in the water they collect.

"We want the government to give us tube wells so that we get clean groundwater. This is a place where water scarcity is the major problem. The government promises a lot of things but even pure drinking water is not available in the area. They are forcing to use water that is not fit for drinking and is unhygienic. The government must do something," they added.

This footage was filmed on March 21.

People in Sarang village under Kaptipada block of Mayurbhanj district in eastern India are resorted to using visibly dirty water for their everyday need due to unavailability of well, tube well or clean drinking water resource in their area.

A large number of women, carrying utensils over their heads and walking through farm fields is not an uncommon sight in the region, however, despite all these efforts they have to make do with an unhygienic shallow-dug water pit, which also provides them with unclean water for their daily needs.

One of the villagers said, Sometimes we see insects in the water we collect. We want the government to give us tubewells so that we get clean groundwater.

This is a place where water scarcity is the major problem. Government promises a lot of things but even pure drinking water is not available in the area. They are forcing to use water which is not fit for drinking and is unhygienic. The government must do something."