Water scarcity hits Aloochi Bagh, residents block road to alert authority.
Srinagar: Scarcity of drinking water in Aloochi Bagh, Srinagar Friday forced residents of the area to come out on streets and block the traffic movement on the road.
The Aloochi Bagh residents have been facing water scarcity from past one year, protesters said.
The residents took to streets on Friday and blocked the road affecting the vehicular movement for about two hours.
“We have been facing water shortage for the past one year, and we get use water only two days in a week.” said Haleema, a resident of Aloochi Bagh “We have talked to the authorities regarding this matter but there is no response from their side.
We have blocked the road earlier as well but to no avail,” said Firdous Shah, a local.
Shah further added: “We know that coming on streets and blocking the road is creating a lot of mess, but authorities are responsible for all this as they have turned deaf ears on our pleas.” Chief Engineer Public Health Engineering (PHE), G.M Bhat said: “We have received the complaints before as well and we are trying to resolve this issue as soon as possible.” “We have to install a pipe there and the problem will be solved forever,” added Bhat Meanwhile, a commuter Ishfaq Ahmad said: “This is a major concern as the residents have blocked the road several times.
It is creating a lot of problems for everyone because this route is part of a current diversion plan and people’s precious time is being wasted.”