KL Report
SRINAGAR
After the cold response showed by Public and Health Engineering (PHE) Department, people at Abikarpora near Nehru Park in Srinagar city raised funds and donations for repairing water pipes in the area.
Residents of Abikarpora told CNS that they are without drinking water from over past one month. “The water pipes laid by PHE department are all defunct and despite repeated pleas, no official from the department responded. Our appeal proved to be a far cry,” one of the residents Fayeem Ahmed told CNS.
Reports said that residents went door to door to collect donations. After raising funds they employed different labours to get the water pipes repaired and according to residents the work is under progress and hopefully, the inhabitants will get drinking water now.
Mocking at the administrative callousness, people said that politicians visit the area during elections and soon after occupying chair they disappear from the scene. “We will elect a candidate by our choice now and will not allow anyone to get benefitted from election boycott,” one of the elders said adding that to address administrative and social problems of people, the election of right candidate has become inevitable.
Chief Engineer Muzafar Ahmed Lankar told CNS that he will sent a team of officers in the area to ascertain the facts. “The residents never approached me. They might have contacted Executive Engineer of the area but I assure them that their problem will be addressed,” he said.
