Rajasthan villages fight lonely battle against Covid: No medical staff in Bhopur, testing centre 10 km away

"Our condition is bad," says a resident of Bhopur village in Rajasthan where people are struggling in their Covid fight. There is no primary health care facility in Bhopur or any other village nearby and the testing centre is 10 km away. Covid, meanwhile, has reached every household here. India Today brings you a Ground Report from a village in Rajasthan.

Bhopur, an otherwise nondescript village in Rajasthan's Karauli district, is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic. Residents of Bhopur and around 10 other villages nearby, including Saijanpur, Bhadopur and Nesura in Karauli, have been at the receiving end of abject neglect with their cries of help falling on deaf ears. An eerie silence prevails in Bhopur, which otherwise is a bustling area during the afternoon hours. Not anymore.