Waris Fayaz
Sopore : The residents of Krankshivan Colony area of Sopore town in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district has been without drinking water since over a week.
The locals while lashing out at the officials of Jal Shakhti department (which was earlier named as PHE) said that, despite appraising the officials about drinking water crisis in the area, they do not pay any attention to their grievances.
“We are without tap water from last more than a week. The authorities don’t pay attention to our hardships,” said Ghulam Rasool, a local resident.
The concerned JEE assured us number of times that matter will be resolved at the earliest but all in vain as nothing could be seen at the ground level, aggrieved residents told.
They urged district administration to ensure restoration of tap water to the area. “The administration is requested to look into the matter, if restoration of drinking water is delayed then they should supply drinking water through water tankers,” said Tahir Ahmed, a local resident.
Meanwhile when contacted Executive Engineer Jal Shakhti Sopore, G.R Lehrwal told, people around have installed online boosters and are misusing the water for irrigation of kitchen gardens.
This is the reason that tail end residents could not get enough water supply, he said.
