Acute water shortage plagues Shimla.
Himachal Several areas not getting supply| BJP says mismanagement behind crisis Bhanu P Lohumi Shimla, March 27 Acute water shortage has gripped Shimla, exposing the claims of the Shimla Municipal Corporation to ensure water supply on alternate days.
Local BJP workers led by MLA Suresh Bhardwaj today held a demonstration.
They beat empty vessels to draw the attention of the government and the SMC towards the water problem.
Bhardwaj said lack of coordination and mismanagement were responsible for the shortage of water.
He said it was a cause of concern that Shimla was facing water shortage in spite of adequate rain and snowfall in the catchment areas during the winter.
The MLA said the water supply was irregular, inadequate, erratic and immediate steps needed be taken to solve the problem.
Water shortage during the summer due to drying of natural sources and an increase in the tourist inflow was a normal feature, but this time the problem has become acute and the people are worried, especially in view of the Met Department forecast of harsh summer this year.
The water supply was hit due to interruption in the power supply from January 6 to 18 and residents of Bhattakufar, Gahan and Neridhar areas were affected.
They said the total requirement of water for the town was 42 MDL, but after the suspension of supply from the Ashwani Khud, the availability of water had reduced.

Punjab, Sindh to suffer cut in water share due to scarcity.
ISLAMABAD: Technical committee of Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has prepared recommendations regarding availability of rivers’ water in Kharif season which will be presented for approval in advisory committee session on March 31.
IRSA’s director operations Khalid Idrees Rana chaired the technical committee session which analysed the availability of water along with other issues for irrigation in Kharif season, and hinted that Punjab and Sindh may suffer cut in water share due to scarcity.
Representatives of all four provinces, authorities of Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and other related departments also attended the session.
According to IRSA authorities, 113 million acre-feet water will be available for Kharif season in the rivers, however, Indus River and Chenab River will suffer 40 and 10 per cent losses respectively.
35 per cent water scarcity might be observed at the start of Kharif season which will reduce with the passage of time.
Punjab and Sindh may suffer water deduction due to shortage, whereas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan will get immunity from any reduction.

Aurangabad: Residents of Vishtanti Nagar on Monday staged a dharna on the premises of the civic body’s main administrative building over erratic water supply in their locality.
Thus, the municipal authorities supply water through tankers for which the residents have to shell out Rs 1,100 for every three month.
"The AMC supplies only 200 liter water per family in three days.
On many occasions, we miss our turn and are forced to wait for 5-6 days.
It is very frustrating especially during the summer," said Sukanya Bhonsale, one of the agitators.
"For one of the other reason, the tankers operators skip the supply and people have to buy water from private suppliers," she said.
People will not hesitate to pay more if they get enough water.
But the ground reality is different.
Every time the residents have to spend long hours waiting for water," Suradkar said.
About 40% of the city’s residential area comes under Gunthewari where in the municipal body is supplying water through tankers.

Niger earmarks N43m for potable water supply to New-Bussa.
The Niger State Government says it has earmarked N43 million for the provision of potable water for the people of New-Bussa in Borgu Local Government Area of the state.
The Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Bello, made the disclosure on Sunday when he paid courtesy visit to the Emir of Borgu, Alhaji Mohammed Kintoro IV.
Bello said: “Government has earmarked N43 million for water supply project in New-Bussa very soon you will see the contractor on site.
He commended the emir for ensuring peaceful coexistence of the people of the emirate and urged him to continue the good work.
He said: “We want you to urgently intervene in solving the perennial water scarcity in our Emirate.” He said despite the presence of Kainji dam in New-Bussa, the people area faced hardship due to lack of portable water supply.
The emir also appealed to the state government to assist the people in drilling boreholes, adding that the Kainji Dam in the area had affected all traditional water sources for the people.
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