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| Residents of several localities stage protest over water scarcity | | | Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Aug 7: Residents of Kotwal Mohallah, Zarger Mohallah, Gurdawara road and Farediya Chowk staged protest outside PHE Sub division Kishtwar against snapping of water supply in these areas since last over one week.
The agitating people also locked the office of AEE PHE Kishtwar in protest and blocked the road for more than two hours.
Sensing trouble, AEE Kishtwar Ashwani Gupta rushed to the spot, beside SHO Police Station Kishtwar also reach the spot and pacify the agitators. Later PHE department pressed tankers to supply water.
Meanwhile similar reports of protesters were also received from Poochal, Hatta, Sangrabata, Malipath, Shaheedi Road Kishtwar and interior of the Kishtwar town.
PHE authorities said that due to recent earthquake suffered massive damages, beside two among the seven water tankers develop some technical problem. However the people alleged that officials of the department put the water connections out of main gravity line on sale. The people demanded immediate removal of illegal water connections from main gravity line, beside also demanded removal of illegal hocking from main Naigard water supply scheme. As per details, out of 8 inch water gravity, only 2.5 to 3 inch water supply reaches at Kishtwar filtration plant while rest of the 5 inch water had given to influential persons by the department officials. |
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