MENDHAR, Mar 5: Inhabitants of scores of villages in Mendhar of Poonch complained that they were suffering due to unavailability of drinking water for last couple of weeks. The inhabitants of Gultha Bandia, Mohra Kallar, Balakote, Ari, Gursai Top, Kosite, Jaranwali Gali, Sagra, Kalaban, Chajjla, Me-ndhar Town, Kandi, Gultha, Salwah, Baloni, Sangoite, Bhatadhurian Salani, Patha-nteer, and some other villages comprising thousands of households complained that they were without drinking water for last couple of weeks. A social worker Er.M R Kazafi said the women are forced to fetch the water from streams and springs in villages miles from their homes. |