Residents of Sushant Lok 1 and DLF areas have been suffering from shortage of drinking water for 10 days Residents of DLF Phases 1, 2, 3, Sushant Lok-1 and sectors 56 and 57 are facing an acute shortage of drinking water for the last 10 days.
Residents said that despite the rains and the end of peak summer, authorities have not been able to supply water to these areas, which fall at the tail-end of the supply line.
Residents have been forced to pay exorbitant amounts for water tankers due to the shortage.
Vinod Tayal, a member of DLF Phase 2 RWA, said, “There has been an acute water shortage this summer and ordering water tankers was the only solution for us.
Paying for water and then paying for water tankers is burning a hole in our pockets.” Water supply is regularly disrupted, often due to damaged pipelines and electrical problems or the infrastructure projects, residents alleged.
Shalini Saini of DLF Phase-1 said that he has been facing water shortage for the last few days.
Even after collecting property tax from the residents, the municipal corporation is not paying heed to residents’ problems.
Residents of Sector 56 said they met officials of Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) and Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) on Friday, who are blaming each other but failed to give them a solution.
The tanker charges are also increasing due to the regular water shortage.” Officials say that the problem is being caused due to heavy construction taking place along the expressway, as a result of which supply lines have been damaged.
This, however, has allowed the private tanker mafia to take advantage of the situation.