The village of Juval in Sanand taluka is angry with the sops that the Nano project has got from the government, when they don’t even get proper power through the day. The power is intermittent and short-circuits very often, while the industries get power all the time. I met about 100 women, 50 men and more than a 100 children. The men also said that the water from the Narmada canal was depleting the fertility of their soil.
Another matter that came up during my discussions with them was the government plan of giving wheat at Rs 2 per kilo. They said the quality was so bad that they would not even consider feeding it to their cattle!
When it was time to go, I saw the group of women getting ready to go away too, and found upon asking, they were going to the next village to sing. I asked them to sing for me and they demanded that I sing for them first! So I did, and they joined in and there was such jubilation. They promised to come as a mandali and sing when I get elected!
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