EARLY TIMES REPORT
Mendhar, Sept 29: Residents of Bonala village today stage protest demonstration against PHE department for not providing safe drinking water to them due to which eight members of family including infant suffer water borne disease. They further said that all water tank heads are open in the area. Many times we requested PHE authority to provide medicine or close the heads of tanks so that people didn't suffer more but all in vain. They urged Public Health Engineering minister to direct department to immediately clean up various tube-wells, dug wells and other sources of drinking water besides undertaking repairs of damaged hand-pumps and leaking pipes. When contacted BMO Mendhar, he said that all eight patient are suffering from water borne diseases. |