Kua Number Do

Vidarbha ke sookha-grast gaon Borgaon me zameen se paani nikaalne ke liye paanch sau foot gehra borewell khoda jaata hai. Rig operator Tukaram aur hydrologist Ananya ko casing pipe se paani ke bajaye kisi ke ek se lekar chhattees tak ginti ginne ki ajeeb aawaz sunayi deti hai. Gaon ke purane patil aur kisaan parivaron ke beech unnis sau chhanve ke us sookhe ka sach khulta hai jahan bache hue kuye ko zinda kisaano ki qabr bana diya gaya tha.

Episodes

8 episodes

Duration

1h 2m

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Vidarbha ke Yavatmal jile ka Borgaon pichhle tees saal se paani ki boond-boond ke liye taras raha tha. Sookhi zameen me dararein pad chuki thin aur gaon ke naujawan shahar palayan kar chuke the. Is saal government drought relief mission ke tahat gaon ke pichhle banjar pahaad par paanch sau foot gehra heavy borewell drill karne ka faisla liya gaya. Chhawaalees saal ka Tukaram Shinde, jo Vidarbha ka sabse tajarbakar rig machine operator hai, groundwater department ki junior hydrologist Ananya Deshmukh ke saath drilling shuru karta hai. Paanch sau foot neeche jab drilling bit solid basalt rock ko todti hai, to paani ka fawwara nikalne ke bajaye casing pipe ke bheetar se ek thandi, dabi hui aawaz aane lagti hai. Koi dheere-dheere ek se lekar ginti gin raha tha: "Ek... do... teen...". Ginti har raat theek chhattees par aakar ruk jaati hai. Gaon ke aath-sau saal purane zameendar Baburao Patil is aawaz ko sunte hi borewell ko bandh karne ka aadesh dete hain. Par Ananya aur Tukaram purane sarkari revenue maps nikaalte hain aur pata chalta hai ki theek usi jagah par unnis sau chhanve tak "Kua Number Do" hua karta tha jise ek raat achanak cement slab dalkar bandh kar diya gaya tha. Unnis sau chhanve me gaon ke theek chhattees kisaano ke gayab hone ka raaz is kuye ke andhere se bahar aane ko be-taab hai.