Sumbal : Scores of people including Women’s and children came out from homes and were protesting against Scarcity of water in the village.
The villager’s of Nowgam Sonawari area in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district, on Thursday morning, came out on the Nowgam-Sumbal road halting traffic for several hours,.
The Nowgam villagers took to the streets and blocked the Zalpora Nowgam road to demand adequate water supply in the area.
The protesting residents said’ that for past Three months, the residents have faced tremendous hardships in absence of the water supply in the area.
Authorities pay no heed to their grievances due to which we are facing water scarcity in their. he aaded that despite tall claims of authorities to have made all arrangements for people during this holy month of Ramzan, the department has miserably failed to provide drinking water to their area.
the water scarcity has caused great inconvenience to them. “Our kids complain of different ailments and we are forced to drink the impure water every day. the department has miserably failed to provide them adequate water supply, “Nisar Ahmed local resident,
He said that the concerned department and district administration must end “our genuine issue now and provide us with drinking water.”.
Meanwhile officials in Jal Shakti department Sumbal said’ that the water crisis will be redressed at the earliest. They added that water has already been supplied to the affected areas through water tankers on a routine basis.
Meanwhile, the residents appealed Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora, Dr. Owais to intervene and redress their issue as soon as possible.
