No drinking water in Singor, Shahmirandeh for the last 3 months.
CHITRAL: Residents of Singor and Shahmirandeh villages facing great problems due to acute shortage of potable drinking water. Water and Sanitation Unit (WSU) of Tehsil Municipal Administration sending their monthly utility bills to consumers but pipeline is dry for the last 3 months and people of the area are compelled to drink contaminated water of open stream because of no water in pipeline. WSU send monthly bill of Rs: 100 to these consumers who thrust and totally deprived from water but the same bill is issuing to Bazar, Market and town area where there is 20 hours water supply. An elder person of Singor area said that a large number of staff have been deployed in WSU but they not perform their duty honestly and that is why water is wasting due to leaks and burst pipelines. Their nears and dears one irrigate their crops and land from Shahshah water supply scheme but other helpless people are deprived from this water even for drinking purposes. Local people also complained of TMA where a large number of staff recruited but very less number of them is present in office and that is why most of their performance is very poor and not satisfied. Residents of Singor and Shahmirandeh have demanded from provincial government for taking stern action against WSU for their badly failure in supplying of drinking water to this area but water is misusing in Urban areas and some people also use this water for irrigation purposes. They also demanded for closing this unit by terminating its staff and may be handed over this German funding Unit to private sector for better performance and to serve the people dedicatedly . In this connection when In-charge of WSU Munir Ahmad contacted he replied that we provide water for only two hours to Singor and Shahmirandeh from very beginning but in summer season water could not reach to its destination due to shortage. When he was asked to stop water supply to Bazar and Urban area and increase duration of water supply to Singor and Shahmirandeh from 2 to 10 hours he very simply responded that in Bazar area Commandant Chitral Scouts, DCO, DPO and other officers setting and that is why we can’t stop water of these officers (offices) although it is totally discrimination and violation of human rights. Dwellers of Singor have appeal to authorities to provide them potable drinking water to save them from inferiors diseases due to drinking of polluted and contaminated water.
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