Serwad residents protest water shortage

The residents of Serwad village in Reasi district Wednesday staged a demonstration against the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department for the deepening water shortage.

The irked residents assembled at Serwad on the Reasi-Katraroad and blocked it. They raised slogans against the PHE department and accusedthe officials of mismanagement.

   

They said, “The concerned department has failed to providewater to our area. We are being forced to travel long distances to fetchwater.”

The residents claimed to have made repeated requests to thehigher authorities about redressing their grievance, but “nothing has been doneyet”.

“We have staged protests multiple times. We have met theofficers and informed them about the crisis. What else are we supposed to do?”they asked.

They appealed to the Governor’s administration to intervenein the issue and mitigate their sufferings.

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