Mubashir Aalam Wani
Srinagar, Apr 14: The Jal Shakti department (Public Health Engineering-PHE) has miserably failed to repair a damaged water tank in Gadood Bagh area of Habba locality here with locals alleging that the persistent leakage for the past over seven years has caused damage to their residential houses while the concerned department is acting as mute spectator.
“It has been over seven years, since the water tank supplying water to nearly 10-20 localities got damaged. There is no end to the leakage since then,” the local residents said.
They said that they have approached the officials concerned many times. “In 2018, we have even written to the concerned officials in this regard. We were only promised of redressal from time to time while no steps were taken on the ground,” Muneer Ahmad said.
He said that many of the residential houses have suffered damages now due to the persistent leakage of the water tank, adding that almost 30 per cent of water is getting waste every day but the concerned authorities don’t bother to look into the matter.
The locals appealed to the authorities to look into the matter and fulfill their demands at an earliest.
When contacted, Chief Engineer PHE, Ifktikhar Ahmad Wani, said that he will look into the matter.
However, AEE concerned, Zubair Ahmad Naqash admitted the delay in the renovation process. He said that the survey has been conducted in this regard and the estimation is also completed.
“The tender for the renovation process will be issued within a few days. The renovation process will be started at an earliest as the department has kept this project in current year’s program,” he said.
