Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
Poonch, Nov 27: Although administration and the Public Health Engineering department is claiming to provide the best water supply in local areas, but it proved hollow claims common ground.
People of Chaktroo allegedly said, the village is about twelve kilometers from the Poonch town and the people are careless in this regard.
Locals of Mohalla Pothi, Narhad and Chaktroo North informed Early Times that there is lack of drinking water facilities in the area. Layaqat Taj, Javed Ahmed and Basharat Hussain said that there was a Pathri gravity scheme which was providing the water to Chaktroo, Pothi, Narhad, Danna Doiyan, Sathra and Timbra, but the Executive Engineer, Assistant Executive Engineers and Junior Engineer making fool of higher authorities of department and district administration and project a lift scheme for the area.
They allegedly said that the said lift scheme is defunct and the Pathri gravity scheme has been left deserted and people are suffering for water. They appealed to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and concern authorities of the department to direct Deputy Dommissioner Poonch Mohammed Harun Malik to constitute an investigating team under his personal supervision and provide the water to the common masses. |
