No water supply in Basti Mani Singh inconveniences residents
Despite repeated complaints the Municipal Corporation MC has failed to get the irregular water supply issue resolved in the areaMay residents of the area who are labourers blamed the civic body for not resolving the irregular water supply problem for over last one monthAt present there is no water supplyChanderpal an area resident said We face lot of inconvenience in the absence of a water supply every dayMeanwhile I have given directions to the SDO concerned to increase the operational time of other tube wells so that water can reach the Basti Mani Singh area
Harshraj SinghTribune News ServiceLudhiana August 20Residents of the Basti Mani Singh in Ward No 8 are a harried lot as they is no water supply in their area Despite repeated complaints the Municipal Corporation MC has failed to get the irregular water supply issue resolved in the areaMay residents of the area who are labourers blamed the civic body for not resolving the irregular water supply problem for over last one month They said there was no water supply in the area for the last four daysNajibullah a resident from the street No 1 said There is no water supply in the area for the last four days What should we do without waterEarlier water was supplied after 11 pm At present there is no water supply We have raised our voice many times but to no avail Officials of the MC visited our area recently but did not resolve the issue he addedAhmad Ansari another area resident said I went to another place to take bath in the morning We face a lot of problems as there is no water supply in our area I generally go to nearby gurdwara to fetch water these daysEveryone needs water for cooking washing and bathing but it is not available for us I am forced to go to work place without taking bath these days I even brush my teeth at the factory before taking breakfast there Our complaints to the authorities concerned have fallen on deaf ears he addedResidents said a water tanker was rushed to the area in the night two days ago Another water tanker arrived in the area today afternoon they added Chanderpal an area resident said We face lot of inconvenience in the absence of a water supply every day The MC should solve the water supply problem at the earliestWhen contacted the MC Superintending Engineer Rajinder Singh said A tube well has developed snag Now a new tube well has been installed and it will be functional within few days Meanwhile I have given directions to the SDO concerned to increase the operational time of other tube wells so that water can reach the Basti Mani Singh area The SDO has also been asked to send water tankers in the area
