No escape from poverty for marginalised Chidimars

This year’s budget has not addressed the crushing poverty of the endangered Chidimars, a community that remains marginalised for generations, struggling to manage basic needs.

On May 29, the day the budget was made public in the federal parliament, Gita Chidimar, from the marginalised Tarai Dalit community, was worried about drinking water. The Chidimar settlement in Hawaldarpur, Kohalpur Municipality-14, does not have a single source of safe drinking water.