Residents of several villages in the district have been facing hard times due to non-availability of clean drinking water and are forced to use pond water for drinking purpose and daily use.
TANK, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 20th Dec, 2018 ) :Residents of several villages in the district have been facing hard times due to non-availability of clean drinking water and are forced to use pond water for drinking purpose and daily use.
Dozens of villages have no access to potable water as civic body has totally failed to supply provision of drinking water.
Due to acute shortage of drinking water and worsening situation people have been forced to bring water from far flung areas and buy water from open market.
Presently, cost of one water-cane was Rs 40 which was out of reach of poor people.
The residents of Tajori, Abi Zar, Namdari, Sharbati, Gul Imam and many other areas were facing water crisis in the district.
Moreover, people are unable to fetch water from tube-well installed by the Public Health Department due to low-voltage and long hour of power load shedding.
District Ameer of JUI-F Maulana Sharifuddin, while strongly condemning the indifferent attitude of local authorities, has demanded the high-up to take immediate notice of people’s suffering and take immediate steps to overcome drinking water shortage in number of villages.
He called upon Commissioner Dera Ismail Khan to issue directives to officials concerned to restore water supply.