Shah Basit
Ganderbal 19 August (KNZ):Even as the government has claimed to provide tap water to the entire households in Jammu and Kashmir by March 2022, various villages located in several townships are craving for potable water.
Residents of Kachnambal Bala village of Kangan Tehsil in Ganderbal District which is about 5 kms from Kangan main town area have alleged that tall claims of Jal Shakti Department are getting punctured here as authorities have failed to provide drinking water facility to the area.
The locals said that the authorities have ‘failed’ to install water pipelines to supply potable water to the village.
The inhabitants said that the village is without drinking water facility as no water pipeline has been installed here so far, thus leaving the entire population to consume unsafe water.
According to locals, the Jal Shakti department started a water supply scheme in Naranag, a years back with an aim to provide drinking water facility to many villages including Kachnambal Bala.
However, the residents said since then more than 2 years have passed but they are yet get a single drop of drinking water from the proposed scheme.
The locals further said that they approached the concerned authorities several times, requesting them to provide drinking water to the village, but to no avail.
One of the residents said that almost 250 households are without drinking water facility due to which locals are facing immense hardships.
Locals here have urged the concerned authorities to look into the issue so that they could heave a sigh of relief.
When Kashmir News Zone-KNZ contacted Executive Engineer Jal Shakti Ganderbal he said ,”I acknowledge that there is the problem.I will look into the matter.(KNZ)
