Batamaloo residents protest against PHE

‘We are not getting drinking water form a month’

5 Dariya News

Srinagar 15-Jun-2016

Residents of Danderkhah locality Wednesday protested against the against PHE department for failing to supply drinking water to them.The resident in the morning staged protest and blocked Danderkhah-Batmaloo road.Manzoor Ahmad, a resident of the locality, told KNs that they are not getting drinking water form a month.“We have to go to other localities to fetch water which is causing inconvenience to the people here. We are demanding redressal of the problem.”Residents alleged that instead of rectifying the problem Public Health Engineering (PHE) department is in deep slumber.Residents told KNS that they are facing acute water crisis in the holy month of Ramdhan which is causing enormous hardships to them.

A protesting youth Reyaz Ahmad said that despite repeated attempts to PHE authorities they didn’t address the grievance.“This is sheer injustice with us,” he said.The residents demanded that till the water supply line is restored, the PHE should supply drinking water by mobile water tanks.Chief Engineer PHE Division, Srinagar, Ghulam Mohammad Bhat said the grievance of the residents will be addressed soon.“One of the water supplying pipes to the area has burst due to which residents face water crisis,” Bhat said. (KNS)