Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, July 7: The locals of village of Katwalta Panchyat in teshil Ramnagar of district Udhampur today held protest against PHE department for failure to ensure supply of drinking water in the area.
The villagers said that PHE department has failed to ensure supply of drinking water in the area and locals are totally depend on the natural source but the water of natural source is most unsafe and unhygienic for public consumption. It is also muddy. Due to consumption of unhygienic water the small children and old people of the village have been mostly suffering from intestine problem.
Inhabitants of Katwalta where the maximum number of people became victim of diarrhea had been drinking water mixed with `grubby’ and mud for the several months.
” We informed time to time to the higher authorities but in vain.
The PHE department was installing the pipe line, but they failed to provide water. Many pipes are broken, the villagers are totally dependent on the rain water. We appeal the Governor NN Vohra and the Prime Minister take care of us,” they maintained.
They warned to launch agitation if the Government failed to provide them water supply.
Prominent among them included Ram Dass, Mansa Ram, Darshana Devi, Satya Devi, Pushpa Devi, Rekha Devi, Badri Nath, Charn Dass, Romesh Chander etc.
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