All the borewells and three overhead tanks installed in the Idaldih village years ago have already become defunct and dry, and the villagers are now bound to collect water from open pits for cooking and drinking purposes.

Jamshedpur Apr 18 PTI At least six persons were killed in three separate road accidents in Jharkhands East Singhbhum Seraikela-Kharswan and Chatra districts in the last 24 hours police said on Monday Two vegetable vendors were killed when their two-wheeler hit a stationary truck near Raipur village on Kandra-Chowka Road under Kandra police station of Seraikela-Kharswan district on Monday morning a police officer said The two persons identified as Salkhan Majhi and Naga Tudu died on the spot police said In another mishap a 50-year-old man and his nephew were killed when a speeding car hit their bike near Balijudi village under Potka police station of East Singhbhum district in the early hours of Monday The victims identified as Bhudhdev Sardar 50 and his nephew Ratindra Bhumij 34 were returning home from a function when the incident occurred The local residents gathered at the spot following the incident and demanded adequate compensation to the deceased family members Officer-in-Charge of Potka police station Ravindra Munda said Later some unidentified miscreants set the car on fire The bodies have been sent to MGM Hospital in Jamshedpur for post-mortem after police assured the villagers of appropriate action against the car driver Meanwhile a report from Chatra district said two persons including a woman were killed when their two-wheeler collided with a tractor near Hapua village under Sadar police station on Sunday night police said The victims have been identified as Alok Binh of Tanda Block and Sandipta Tirkey Of Larkua village under Chatra Sadar block While Alok died on the spot Sandipta who sustained critical injuries succumbed in course of treatment in Sadar Hospital in Chatra PTI BS COR RG RG

Jamshedpur Oct 30 PTI An organisation working to empower the tribal community across the country on Saturday demanded a high-level enquiry into the killing of a 55-year-old woman in Jharkhands East Singhbhum district earlier this week by two of her neighbours who suspected that she practised witchcraftThe two men who were arrested beat her to death on October 27 Her half-naked body was found some distance away from her village under Potka block the next dayIn a letter to Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais Adivasi Sengel Abhiyan president Salkhan Murmu said a high-level enquiry should be ordered into the incident which he described as shameful and a case of human rights violationMurmu a former Parliamentarian alleged that the woman was paraded naked across the village and raped before she was killedComparing witchcraft-related violence with terrorist acts he demanded swift action to punish the culprits and check recurrence of such incidentsLocal people earlier claimed that the woman was assaulted following a claim by the wife of one of the attackers that she felt unwell since she the victim visited their house and held her wrist on Wednesday evening PTI BS NN NN