Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 21: The residents of Koil village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district today blocked the Awantipora-Pulwama road to protest against the shortage of water.
Accusing the authorities of ignoring their plights, the residents said that acute water scarcity has hit their village from the past two months. “We have been deprived of drinking water since December, the taps are dry and authorities do not bother to restore water supply,” said Naseer Ahmad, a resident, adding the women have to walk several hours to fetch water from local streams.
Another resident said that village was getting water from local water supply scheme but the scheme is defunct for last two months. The issue has been raised several times in front of the concerned authorities but to no avail, locals lamented.
Locals demanded immediate action in solving the problem permanently.
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