Mostly, these people have to depend on water bodies located far away from where they live even for drinking purposes.
takes a look at an initiative – ‘New World Programme’ – which is being induced to resolve the issue of water in the villages of the mountainous regions; such as Gilgit-Baltistan…
Village Gole Tassu in district Skardu, with a population of around 2800, is one such area where people are getting water for drinking, washing and agriculture purposes, close to their houses; something they never thought possible.
They would travel long distances to wash clothes which would consume a lot of their time and keep them away from their houses.
But today they have water storage tanks in their village and they have ample time at their disposal to focus on their families and household chores.
It carries out environmental protection work in the high mountain ranges of the country as well integrated rural development programmes.
"Our organisation selected this village for the project because we aim to help disadvantaged communities through empowerment and provision of basic needs and services.
The solution that worked here was provision of drinking water supply through underground Dadex pipes laid all the way from the village to the nearest spring.
Siksa village located 150 in the Ghanche District of Gilgit-Baltistan is another beneficiary of the ‘New World Programme’.
Besides, 17 water points have been constructed for provision of safe drinking water.