Jal Shakti Deptt in complete shambles in Mendhar Rana

Dozens of villages without waterExcelsior CorrespondentMENDHAR Aug 24 Senior National Conference leader and former MLA Mendhar Javed Ahmed Rana today lashed out at Jal Shakti Department for its complete failure to providing drinking water in Mendhar Sub-Division of district PoonchAddressing a press conference here today Rana said that despite liberal funding most of the Water Supply Schemes are lying defunct in Mendhar Sub-Division and this has created a lot of mess and inconvenience for the general public of the areaEx-MLA said there is absolutely no control whatsoever as the department has miserably failed to come up to the expectations of the public He added that despite JK LG setting deadline for piped drinking water to every household the department has not even completed 10 of its allotted work in MendharHe said villages like Chhughan Ari Kasab Darana Chajala Gani Naka Menjari Selwah Pathanatir and Behra Kasab besides many hamlets are without water as the WSS are totally non- functional in these areasRana said the onus lies on LGs administration to streamline the functioning of the department and ensure that the general public is not made to sufferI would urge the Government to take this matter seriously and come up with a concrete plan to overcome this problem Rana saidRana was accompanied by senior party colleagues during press conference