Several areas including some newly established colonies and historic village of Burzahama san basic amenities like water and electricity.
Sheikh Hamza colony, New colony and Bilal colony adjacent to Burzahama lacks the basic facilities including drinking water.
The locals said that they have switched to tube wells in order to obtain water.
We are temporarily connected to transformer of nearby areas which are far away from us and the voltage is very low,” they said Locals also complained that the water tank at Gasoo, which caters to Bilal Colony, Hamzah Colony, and New Colony is not regularly cleaned— forcing locals to drink contaminated water.
Burzahama, which gets water from Shohama Alesteng water plant is poorly connected to the areas.
They said water to this plant comes directly from open power canal without proper piping.
Muhammad Maqbool Bhat, a local said the 0.45 inch water line set up in Burzahama during 80s used to cater few households.
The water line cannot cater to pressure of this large area,” he said.
MLA Hazratbal Asiya Naqash acknowledged the problem in these newly established colonies.
“We have already held a meeting regarding this last week.