Jahangeer Ganaie
Shopian, Jan 3: A filtration plant constructed by Public Health Engineering department in Chanch Marg Shadab Karewa area of Shopian has been abandoned due to unknown reasons forcing people to drink contaminated water.
The residents said that in order to provide drinking water to local population, work on filtration plant was started and once it reached near completion, the authorities abandoned the project.
They said that since then the plant has become a dumping site for garbage with heaps of plastic waste.
Irshad Ahmad, a local questioned abandoning the project saying taxpayers money was wasted.
Locals said that in absence of filtration plant, they are getting contaminated water due to which water broke diseases can break out anytime.
They demanded intervention of DC Shopian in this regard so that filtration plant would be made functional and people can get potable water.
