Srinagar, Jul 25 (KNS): The residents of Pamposh Colony, Natipora expressed resentment against the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department for failing to provide adequate water supply to them.
Locals of the Lane number one told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that despite Tangnar water supply scheme being functional and pipes laid for the said purpose the area has not been connected.
"For the past three years we have been hearing that once Tangnar water scheme becomes functional there will be no water paucity.
But so far nothing has moved."
The lane has 30 households, they said, adding that “the paucity of water becomes sever during summers.
A few households in the locality have illegally plugged the water pipes for their own use.
The matter was also brought into the notice of concerned authority but they only paid lip service.
Sources in the PHE department said that as the water becomes muddy in the Doodganga filter plant, the department does not use alum to clean the water.
Sources said this is because the PHE has no alums and as such water supply is stopped.
The residents appeal to the concerned authorities to connect the area with the Tangnar water scheme so that their problem is mitigated.