Raja Syed Rather
Ganderbal, Dec 24: The Gund Rehman villagers of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district are complaining of a ‘crisis’ like situation as the large population is left without drinking water due to the “lackadaisical attitude” of Jal Shakti department.
The residents said that they are forced to utilise unfiltered water for drinking purposes from a nearby stream as the regular supply water is not available despite the claims of the department of supplying pure drinking water to the people.
Locals said that the acute water shortage has mainly hit Mokhdam Mohallah and adjoining localities of the village.
The villagers threatened to launch an agitation if their demands were not fulfilled in time by the Jal Shakti department.
The local inhabitants said they repeatedly requested the Jal Shakti officials to resolve their issue “however, there is no positive response from them.”
“We have acute shortage of water and are being forced to utilise contaminated water. During the harsh winter, it was very difficult to fetch drinking water from a nearby area which is a kilometre away from our house,” said Mushtaq Ahmad, a local resident. “We demand concerned authorities for speedy restoration of the drinking water facility so that we will not suffer any more,” locals said.
