People up in arms against shortage
Aijaz Dar
Srinagar: Several places of Srinagar including Zakura are facing acute shortage of drinking water from last several days.
Locals accused the Public Health and Engineering (PHE) Department of being indifferent towards their problems.
A group of residents from the Pathan colony, Zakura lane No 3 told KPS that they are facing shortage of water and the authorities are doing nothing.
“Our area is without tap water for the last few days. We brought into the notice of concerned officials many a days but nobody is paying heed to our repeated pleas,” the residents told KPS.
Due to water shortage. “We are facing a tough time due to water shortage,” said a group of aggrieved residents from these area.
As per official data, the total water requirement of Kashmir is around 12 crore gallons per day, which includes seven crore gallons in the urban areas and five crore in rural areas.
The residents, meanwhile, threatened to protest if the problem was not resolved at the earliest.
An official of the Public Health Engineering Department said that had the government completed the water supply schemes, there would not have been shortage of tap water.
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