Islamabad
The residents of five streets of Margalla Town, Islamabad, have been badly hit by the shortage of water for last 10 days after the Capital Development Authority (CDA) installed a valve in Street 27.
The residents of streets 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34, Margalla Town, who visited the office of 'The News' here on Monday, alleged that some 10 days ago, the CDA staff visited their neighbourhood and fitted a valve in Street 27. Since then, they are deprived of water supply, creating great hardships for them in the scorching weather.
The residents, including Moeen Ilyas, his cousin Haris Haseeb, Rashid Khan, Advocate Khanzada, Mohammad Ameen and Ayub Raja, said that they had brought the matter into the notice of CDA Director General Services Shahid Mahmood for getting the water shortage problem resolved.
According to the DG Services, the CDA fitted the valve in Street 27 to link water supply lines with other streets in Margalla Town. However, if the water supply has been suspended then he would get the problem resolved in a couple of days.
However, the residents believed that the purpose of the CDA to fit a valve was to suspend water supply to the five streets including 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 and not to connect water pipelines with other streets.
According to complainants, there is not even a single drop of water in their houses. They said that there is only one tube well operating in their locality which is of low horsepower and cannot cater to the needs of the Margalla Town residents.
They said that the CDA has also failed to provide them with water through its water tankers. The residents, having no option, have to hire private water bowzers whose rate is not less than Rs2,000 per tanker. "As the charges of private tankers are inflated, the CDA chairman should take immediate steps to resolve our problem," they demanded.
They threatened to hold a protest demonstration if their problems are resolved within a day or two.On the other hand, when this correspondent contacted CDA Water Directorate Deputy Director Mohammad Tahir, he said the problem of water shortage is occurring only due to unscheduled timings of power loadshedding. As many streets in Margalla Town are located at a height, the CDA fitted two valves to smoothen water supply. Not only the dwellers of Margalla Town, but residents of other sectors are also being affected because of excessive power outages. He said with reduction in loadshedding hours, the problem of water scarcity would end.
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