The agriculturally prosperous north-western Indian state of Haryana, even while boasting of a large number of rural ‘crorepathis’, has many pockets of under development and backwardness. For instance, some of the village clusters in Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana, which has the distinction of being the state with the second highest per capita income in the country, presents a dismal picture of poverty, negligence and social deprivation. These villages are mainly inhabited by the Muslims belonging to Gujjar tribe who eke out a sort of living as labourers earning daily wages. The conditions of roads in most of these villages are nothing but pitiable and deplorable.
About the power supply situation in these villages, the less said the better. And to make the matter worse, schemes and welfare measures sponsored by both the state and the central governments could hardly reach the impoverished village community.
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