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| Unable to replace worn out supply pipes, PHE Deptt supplying contaminated water | | | Early Times Report
Bhaderwah, Sept 22: With crores of rupees being spent on the construction of water supply schemes in Bhaderwah to ensure the supply of quality water, the authorities concerned have failed to supply dafe drinking water to households in BHaderwah courtesy the broken/damaged and worn out water supply pipes.
Most of water supplying pipes of Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department are allegedly old and worn out which need immediate replacement but the same is being ignored by the government for the reasons best known to them.
PHE Officials on anonymity maintain that average life of PHE pipe is approximately 20-30 years while most of pipe have attained the lifetime and are to replaced.
"Complaints of pipelines supplying dirty drinking water have been received from various areas," said an official of PHE without disclosing his identity.
"Inability of the PHE department to replace the worn out pipes has resulted in supply of dirty water to residential areas of Bhaderwah town, said Sheikh Mushtaq Ahmed a local of Dharampura Mohalla of Bhaderwah, adding, "water is so dirty that sometimes its pungent smell detracts one who intends to drink this water.'
"We pay water consuming charges for getting clean potable drinking water. However due to negligence of the PHE authorities we are forced to drink contaminated water, said majority of people.
Naseer Mehboob a resident of Havelli Moahlla lamented that In many cases like the Gagal Water Supply Scheme, water pipes have been directly immersed into the Neeru river and its tributaries and there is no question of any filtration, bleaching or chlorination because even service reservoirs do not exist there."
"Govt claims there is no paucity of funds for the purpose but even then the PHE officials have failed to supply quality water to the people, he alleged. Citing various water supply schems lying non functional, he alleged either the authorities are incompetent or indulged in embezzlement of funds which leads to failure of the schemes.
Sheikh Masood Ahmed a local businessman said that they apprised the senior functionaries of the PHE department about the apprehension of outbreak of diseases many a times due to the consumption of contaminated water but all in vain.
Meantime Rohit Sharma a resident of Vasukdera locality said number of water-borne diseases are affecting people in many parts of Bhaderwah due to unhygienic water supply by the Public Health Engineering department.
Mohd Iqbal Tak of Iqbal Colony also complained that upstream locality Monda is a populated area where locals wash clothes, utensils in the rivulet/nullah feeding the water supply and further alleged PHE is supplying the same untreated water to households putting consumers' health at risk.
"The incompetency of PHE officials has resulted filtration plant non-functional, Sanjay a resident of Sartingal, adding, "the root cause of supply of unhygienic water si mixing of sewage with water due to worn out water pipes, which run parallel to sewage drains often get contaminated
Locals from Bhaderwah town have urged PHE Minister to look into the matter and take strict action against the erring official who had failed to shoulder their entrusted responsibilities
All attempts to contact Xen PHE Doda to get his comment in this regard turned futile as his mobile remained switched off. |
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