(MENAFN – Tribal News Network) BUNER, 31 October: The people of Bampokha village of Buner are facing acute water shortage due to excessive power load-shedding and low voltage.
The area people said tube-wells could not be operated due to outages and low voltage and people are bringing water in tankers.
Bampokha area was known for water scarcity since long.
Tube wells were installed in the area to address the problem of water shortage.
However, these tube wells have been rendered useless due to lack of electricity.
The local people said they pay heavily to bring water tankers despite existence of tube wells in their area.
They said they pay Rs400 per month in the head of tube well bill, while they also had to spend Rs1,500 for bringing water through tankers.
They demanded the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and district administration to install solar system in the main tube well of the village to rid them of this troublesome situation.