Muddy water supply irks residents of Mani Majra's Modern Housing Complex

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 27

Despite repeated complaints, residents of the Modern Housing Complex (MHC), Mani Majra, continue to get muddy water.

In a letter to Mayor Ravi Kant Sharma, MHC Residents Welfare Association (RWA) president Col Gursewak Singh (retd), said, “The recent surge in Covid-19 infections in the MHC can be attributed, among other factors, to continued poor state of the public health system, which has two components – one, supply of muddy tap water, and second, poor hygiene and sanitation.”

“During the annual function of our RWA on March 20, you (Mayor) had promised to resolve the twin issues on priority. However, things have gone

from bad to worse since then,” he claimed.

“This has resulted in resentment and anger among residents of nearly 3,000 houses in the Modern Housing Complex,” said Colonel Singh.

The 30-year-old underground water pipes have outlived their life and need immediate replacement, he pointed out. “Unless that

is done, residents will continue to get muddy and polluted water,” the RWA president said.

“The poor sanitation in the area is obviously due to paucity of staff in the complex,” he said.