Tourists arriving in Shimla have been asked by the hotels to arrange for drinking water on their own or return;and locals are defecating in open to avoid water shortage, reports Rakesh Rocky Hills are not calling you’’!
The administration has less than half of the water available to meet the total demand of the city per day.
People are getting water after a gap of five days and that too for a teeny-weeny time.
In May, the sewerage water got mixed with drinking water supply in the city which caused health problems to at least half dozen people.
The major sources of water supply to the city of Shimla are Gumma, Giri, Churath, Cheyad and Koti Brandi.
In Ashwani Khad, the testing of water got failed recently, resulting in no water supply from this main source of water in Shimla.
Before the court directions, people were angry over the ill-treatment of water supply in the city.
Now, after the strictness of the court, many hotels stranded without getting more water are taking new tourists or asking them to make arrangements for drinking water themselves.
According to Vineet Chaudhary, the chief secretary of the state government, the reason for the water supply being done in Shimla was that the water sources got dried in the Gumma drinking water source.
The association also said that if there was such a shortage of water, then why not there is lack of water in homes of VIPs and hotels.