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Residents of village Hundad forced to drink dirty river water 6/23/2015 11:58:56 PM Neeraj Badyal Early Times Report SAMBA, June 23: It might sound bizarre but it is true that nearly 70 households of village Hundad and Jeed, panchayat Kard of district Samba have been forced to drink filthy water of a river due to the apathy of political leaders and the district administration which has failed to supply safe drinking water over the past six decades. Inhabitants of village Hundad told that they were deprived of potable water by the authorities concerned over the past six decades and are forced to trek long distances every day to fetch water from a river to quench their thirst and for other uses. "In the absence of tap water facility we have to walk at least three kilometers through difficult and hilly terrain to fetch water from a stream located in the foothills of a mountain. Women folk have no work but to collect drinking water on their heads from long distance for cooking and drinking purposes. We have to make at least three trips every day, Gurmeet Devi, a housewife of Hundad village said. "Women reach home carrying heavy pots, not to rest but to do other household chores of cooking, washing-cleaning, caring of children and looking after livestock. Again in the evening we have to fetch water. Thus our life is sheer drudgery, said Puro Devi. The villagers have been leading a very pathetic life and forced to drink muddy and contaminated water from the local river from where cattle used to drink water. The river water is highly contaminated but the hapless residents have no other go but to drink it as well as use it for cooking, Pritam Chand, a villager said. "Despite repeated requests, the authorities concerned are paying no heed to us", he alleged. He said that all other hamlets of panchayat Kard had been getting potable water supply by Public Health Engineering (PHE) department and only village Hundad and Jeed were deprived of it. "The Administration had made no provision for drinking water for about 70 families living in Hundad and Jeed village. Despite assurances by the Administration nothing has been done for the past six decades as we continue to live in deplorable conditions," said Bhag Singh, another villager.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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