Sunderbani in grip of water crisis
Shariq Majeed
Tribune News Service

Sunderbani (Rajouri), April 29
With temperature rising every passing day, the residents of the area here are grappling with acute shortage of water.

The residents rue that despite having so many springs and streams flowing through their area, the Water Supply Department (WSD) has failed to tap the potential and supply sufficient water in the town.

“Even as muggy summer is yet to start and temperature rising every passing day, the department concerned is supplying water once in two-three days,” Yash Paul Sharma, a resident of Basantpur near here, complained.

Renu Gupta, a housewife and councillor of ward number 6 of the town area here, said: “Instead of supplying water on daily basis and for requisite time duration, the WSD supplies water intermittently and for inadequate time. Since water is needed for every household activity, we are facing lot many problems.”

Sources in the WSD said of the 4, 10,000 gallons required on daily basis for the town and on its outskirts, the department was just managing 3,00,000 gallons and there was shortfall of 1,10,000 gallons.

Even as senior officers of the WSD couldn’t be contacted for their comments, a junior-level officer posted in Sunderbani told The Tribune that though there was shortage of water in the area, the measures were afoot to meet the shortfall.