Handwara, Jul 5: The residents of Sultanpora in Rajwar area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district recently staged a protest against the Jal Shakti Department for failing to provide them drinking water thus causing severe hardships for the locals.
The protesters blocked the road for some time, raising slogans against the department and accusing it of failing to ensure an adequate drinking water supply to the village.
They alleged that although Sultanpora has a separate water supply line from Zachaldara reservoir but the village has been deprived of water due to illegal connections taken from the main supply line.
The department is watching our miseries as mute spectators and doing nothing against those who have taken illegal water connections,” said a protester. “We have been suffering for a long time. These illegal connections have deprived our village of drinking water and the department has failed to act,” said a female protestor. The residents said that they have brought this issue into the notice of concerned officials numerous times but no concrete action has been taken. “People including children and elderly residents are facing immense hardship because of the shortage of drinking water,” they added.
The protesters demanded immediate removal of the illegal connections and restoration of water supply to Sultanpora. “If the department fails to restore the drinking water supply and remove the illegal connections at the earliest, we will intensify our agitation and block the main road in protest,” they added.
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