Ensure water supply to Verinag, Dooru equally: G A Mir to admin

Srinagar, Mar 16: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President, Ghulam Ahmad Mir Wednesday emphasized that the issue of laying of water pipeline from Verinag spring must be settled amicably.
According to a statement, Mir also said that supplying drinking water to every household is paramount, so the administration need to ensure that there is no confusion on account of water supply either in Dooru or in Verinag
JKPCC President said the imposition of section 144 in Dooru Verinag in the backdrop of laying of water supply pipes from Verinag Spring needs to be settle down amicably by involving representatives from booth Dooru & Veerinag inorder to address this issue, besides addressing other apprehensions concerning people.
Amicable solution to this pressing issue would be the only way out to ensure that drinking water reaches every household, which is the most essential part for living, JKPCC President added.
The administration must devise a mechanism to ensure supply of drinking water and for irrigation facilities to both the areas (Verinag Dooru), equally from Verinag Spring, besides the fish production in Verinag itself & other ponds must be preserved to ensure that tourism of the area would not be affected due to dearth of water supply.
Pertinently, the construction of a water reservoir was also in the pipeline where the water would be stored and supplied to both the areas, but that has not been executed, so far, JKPCC President said.
Mir said time has come when the administration must take effective measures to construct water reservoirs where a good quantity of water is stored from Verinag spring, subsequently the same is supplied to people, besides the agriculture & horticulture sectors are also taken care.
Though people of Dooru already get the supply, but there are apprehensions in the minds of people in Verinag that their agriculture land or orchards won’t get the required supply due to extending pipes from Verinag Spring, which has to be addressed, on priority basis, Mir urged.