The residents of a village in Madhya Pradesh in central India have been fighting for years to get an adequate supply of drinking water.

Video filmed on 6 May in Mudwari village, in Gunnor Tehsil of Panna district, showed people struggling to find water in their village.

They operate hand pumps and receive no water from them. After a while they travel to the nearest village in search of water. No one is spotted wearing a mask amid the Covid-19 crisis.

The villagers in Mudwari village have been coping for about five years to get an adequate amount of drinking water in their day-to-day life. Locals have appealed to the village council of Panna district and to higher authorities to solve their problem, but nothing has been forthcoming, they say, for years. Newspapers have also published stories to highlight their plight, to no avail they claim.

They have been promised a tap in every household but so far that has not happened and the residents are urging the authorities to take swifter action.

The locals of a village have been fighting for years to get an adequate amount of drinking water in central India's Madhya Pradesh on May 6. The incident took place in Mudwari village, located in Gunnor Tehsil of Panna district.

Visuals witnessing the incident features people striving to get drinking water in their village in broad daylight. Following this, they operate the hand pumps and receive no water from them. After a while, they travel to the nearest place or village on cycles or bikes in search of water. Moreover, on discovering the source of water, they fill up their containers while the others wait in a queue to fetch it. Meanwhile, no one is spotted wearing a mask amid the Covid-19 crisis.

The villagers in Mudwari village have been coping for about five years to get an adequate amount of drinking water in their day-to-day life. Moreover, the locals have appealed to the village council of Panna district and to the authorities to solve their problem, but no support has been provided by anyone for years. The newspapers have also published their stories to highlight their difficulty, still, no aid has been granted.

However, under various schemes, they were promised that every household will be provided with a tap for ample water supply. Moreover, under the Tap Water Scheme, only some people get the water supply while others strive for it. Furthermore, amid the Covid-19 crisis, they have requested the government authorities to come up with a solution to end the problem of water scarcity.