ISLAMABAD, May 31 (TNS): Amid the sizzling heat and the holy month of Ramadan the residents of various parts of the Federal capital are experiencing an acute shortage of drinking water; expand of illegal water boring, wastage of water and illegal water connections have deepened the water crisis in the federal capital.
Though water shortages have become a permanent headache for the residents of Islamabad, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has been ignoring its backup water tanker service.
Residents of the capital have accused the authorities concerned of being indifferent to their problems and have paid no heed to their repeated requests.
An inquiry official at the F-6 office said in just sector F-6, we get almost 100 water-related complaints every day. We try to manage and send tankers to those who register complaints,” he said.
The inquiry official at the G-7 office said due we only have one tanker and around 30 to 50 complaints are registered with the office daily,” he said.
An official of the Water Directorate of the CDA, the ongoing load shedding, depletion of groundwater and equipment malfunction of deep tube wells are the main reasons behind the crisis.
The condition of anonymity that influential people have got fake and illegal connections and CDA is unable to take any action against them, he added.
