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| Protests held against PHE | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 29
Ahead of the scheduled of hot weather, the residents of the Trikuta Nagar and the adjoining areas held a protest demonstration against the PHE, for the scarcity of the drinking water here today.
The large number of people led by the BJP Corporator, Subash Chander Verma raised slogans against the works minister and also burnt the effigy of the PHE department for its failure to provide adequate drinking water.
Speaking on the occasion, Verma said that despite getting repeated assurances from the minister the people of the area are suffering from the scarcity of the drinking water and no one from the PHE department is prepared to solve the problems of the people.
He said that since the most of the department tube wells remain un-functional despite of the hot conditions and the department is only able to provide only 25,000 galloons of water where as there is need of around 35,000 gallons of water per day.
He urged upon the concerned minister to instruct the concerned authorities to repair the tube wells so that the miseries of the people gets solved to some extent.
Among others who participated in the demonstration were Amrik Singh, Indu Bhushan Sharma, Harbans Chowdhary, Surjit Chowhary, Vivek Sharma, Vijay Gupta, Rajesh Gupta and BB Sawhney. |
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