Early Times Report
Udhampur, Sept 3: About six villages of Panchyat Darsu have been facing water scarcity for many years. The resident of Village including Guddar, Kathil ,Baghin , Baglian ,Nadenal, Sangil, are being forced to drink unsafe drinking water.
Ram Lal Sharma a local said that People are forced to drink unsafe water, and the locals were depend on natural resources to meet their purposes, but in Summer season it hard to find water from Natural resources .
Sharma further disclosed that government had approved a water project for Darsu Panchayet and Rs 2.75 crores were sanctioned. Paradoxically the project has almost completed but now in shambles condition.
He informed that three Transformers were installed and the whole system was complete to start the water Project but nobody knows why concerned department is delaying. If the water project starts, the grievances of local would solve.
When contacted, XEn, PHE division Udhampur Ashwani Kumar Anand said that project was started in the Year 2006-2007 under Accelerated Rural Water Supply Scheme Programme (ARWSP) later on this particular scheme was closed and switched over to (NRDWP) National Rural Development Water Supply Programme. So the project at Darsu is almost complete and is being delayed due to Land dispute and poor funding is also a big reason. |
