Zahid Bagh Pulwama residents demand potable water
Pulwama: The residents of Zahid Bagh village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have demanded availability of potable water in the area.
The residents of the village said that a water supply scheme (WSS) for the area was started around 12 years back, however, it got damaged in 2014 floods.
They said that since 2014 part of this village is getting water from some other WSS but that is contaminated, besides dozens of householders are yet to be connected with the scheme.
Ghulam Mohiuddin, a resident of Zahid Bagh said that they are yet to be connected with the scheme due to which they are using water from rivulet Ranbiara that is more contaminated.
He said that part of this village is yet to be connected with the scheme due to which they are suffering for want of water.
Mohammad Yousuf, another local resident said that those villagers who are connected with the scheme are also getting contaminated water as the filtration plant of the scheme got damaged during 2014 floods.
Locals said that they have brought this issue in notice of concerned authorities several times but to no avail.
They requested higher ups to look into the matter and repair the filtration plant and connect the left out householders.
Meanwhile, an official of the concerned department said that work on the filtration plant is going on and it shall be made functional soon.
He assured that left out Villagers will also get potable water soon.
Jahangeer Ganaie
