Three months on, Ludhiana MC fails to resolve water shortage issue

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 6

Residents are still suffering due to erratic water supply in the Basti Mani Singh area near Jodhewal Basti for the past three months. They have made repeated complaints to the civic body but the issue has not been resolved.

Around a month ago, MC officials had claimed that a new water tube well was installed and it would be made functional once the power supply connection and meter were installed. But, the ube well has not been made functional till date in the absence of power supply connection.

A resident of Basti Mani Singh, Najibullah, said: “Residents of the area have been facing a lot of issues due to water shortage in the area for over three months. Water is often supplied after 11 pm. I work as a labourer and go to work in the morning. After returning from work, I could not sleep on time as water is supplied during late hours daily. Our voice is not being heard by the authorities concerned.”

Another resident said: “We are forced to bring water from other locations. It is difficult for us to arrange water in the morning. We don’t know as to why the Municipal Corporation is ignoring the issue. We were earlier assured that a new tube well has been installed but it is not being made operational. Our elected representatives too failed to resolve the matter till date.”

MC Superintending Engineer Rajinder Singh said the civic body had submitted an application to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited for getting a power supply connection to run the water tube well. Sandeep Sharma, SDO concerned, said once the tube well was made operational, there would be no water supply problem in the area.

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