The residents of Sarotipura village, on the outskirts of Bhopal claimed that they still defecate in the open, despite the city having been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) in 2017.

The village, which has a population of 500, is still waiting for basic amenities such as clean drinking water, electricity and proper sanitation. Even medical help in the village is awaited.

Villagers are forced to travel a distance of at least two kms to avail medical facility. Adding to the woes of locals, they claim patients have to be carried on cots to hospitals.

A local villager said that the villagers are upset with the government schemes. The old in the village donot get pensions. They donot have proper houses, there is no electricity and they are facing similar situation for past two years. No government official comes to see condition of villagers.

The Kerwa Dam is near the village, however, villagers claim they have no access to clean water as there is no proper infrastructure to provide them with the same. There are transformers and electric poles in the village, but locals say only a few houses have electricity.

Another villagers stated that there is no source of clean water in the village for drinking. After demanding electricity, the government officials did visit and erected electricity poles, but of no use. Children cannot study in the night. No road is there so the villagers donot have any transportation facility.

The government school in the area has only one room in which five classes are operated with three teachers and two blackboards. Students of class 1 and 2 study together on the same blackboard while students of classes 3, 4 and 5 study together on the second blackboard.