30-07-2025
Women hold ‘jal satyagrah' tosave Ghazipur village pond
Varanasi: Scores of women, including the elderly, stood in a pond at Hariharpur village of Manihari block for over seven hours on Wednesday as part of their 'jal satyagrah' agitation.
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The village is about 26 km from Ghazipur district headquarters.
The villagers were protesting to save the pond from being turned into a wastewater storage zone.
Hariharpur natives, including one Siddharth Rai, said that they were against the decision of the local body to discharge wastewater from the village and adjoining areas into the pond, which is a major waterbody in the area, through an under-construction drain.
They demanded that the district administration stop this project.
They pointed out that at a time when the Clean India campaign is in progress in the country, this clean water body of Hariharpur is being turned into a wastewater storage pond.
They started the 'Jal Satyagrah' agitation holding the photo of Mahatma Gandhi about a week ago. As no official paid attention to the agitation and their demands, they decided to stage a protest by standing in pond water from 11 am to 6 pm on Wednesday.
Women of the village joined this agitation and stood in the water for over six hours.
They threatened to observe a hunger strike from Friday if their demands are not met. During their protest, the villagers kept chanting devotional numbers. Key participants in Wednesday's protest were Nagendra Chauhan, Deepak Chauhan, Satyam Chauhan, Sanjay Ram, Amarendra Kharwar, Suraj, Chandan, Rakesh Kannaujiya, Vijay and Akhilesh.
