Print While the summer season has already started to affect people, water crisis in a number of localities in the old town area has increased the woes of the masses.
"We all are suffering due to water scarcity and life seems to have come to a standstill.
They informed that in the last few months, the water supply by PHE has witnessed a sharp decline and they only receive about one-fourth of the original supply.
"It is impossible for us to put our agony into words,” they exclaimed.
While expressing anger against the PHE department, the locals alleged that although the lower ranked officials can be seen working, the higher officials seem to be least bothered as they hardly ever visit us.
"We have come to know that there is some problem in the dug-well of the area and it has been prevailing since months, but the department has failed to rectify the fault," the locals complained, adding that they narrated the issue to the Ex-En PHE, AEE PHE and other senior officers several times, but the “officers just give fake assurances.” Leveling allegations of careless approach against the department, the locals said that some influential people have managed extra connections and also use heavy power water motors directly on pipes.
"This is the situation of the district headquarter town.
One can only imagine the state in rural belts," they said.
"Due to construction of a circular road, the course of river has changed and the discharge of the dug-well has considerably decreased,resulting in shortage of water in the tehsil area," a statement by the Ex-En PHE Rajouri read.
The local Education department on Thursday suspended four teachers of different schools in Khawas zone after they were found to be absent from duty.