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Thousands deprived access to potable drinking water Poor implementation of Central schemes 7/31/2016 11:31:18 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, July 31: Despite Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's strict directions for providing the safe and potable drinking water to every household in the state, the Public Health engineering department has failed to ensure the same, depriving thousands of people across the state of access to safe drinking water. Sources in the PHE department said that the department is not meeting emerging challenges in the rural drinking water sector relating to availability, sustainability and quality. "There are thousands of rural habitations wherein one or more drinking water sources are contaminated and these areas are yet to be provided with safe drinking water," they said. Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti in a recent high level meeting had issued strict direction to go all out in providing safe potable drinking water to every household in the state. She had said that the performance of the engineers will be linked with the success of schemes they execute. "The officers will be held responsible. We are lagging and need to immediately devise a mechanism to ensure that all the people are covered under safe drinking water," she had said. However sources maintained that over the years vital flagship schemes of the Government of India aimed at providing safe drinking water to rural population has been poorly implemented in Jammu and Kashmir. "Less than 50% have been achieved from central sponsored schemes. The States of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland, MP, Orissa, Himachal and Tamil Nadu have exceeded their targets whereas Sikkim, Punjab, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir have reported low (less than 50%) achievement against the targets," sources maintained. Experts said that water sources used by uncovered localities could be contaminated with chemicals. Pertinently, a number of studies have been conducted by non-governmental organizations in J&K revealing people were drinking contaminated with water and the count of Coliform bacteria was increasing in the water sources of valley. Provision of safe drinking water in villages assumes greater significance as that is where majority of the population lives with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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