Be it clean drinking water, smooth roads, or uninterrupted electricity, villagers of Buruga, China Konela, and several other hamlets of Ananthagiri mandal in Alluri Sitharama Raju district in Andhra Pradesh are deprived of vital infrastructure even 76 years after Independence. B. Madhu Gopal visits the area to find out why these key development indicators are missing from the lives of tribal people