Pakistan Water Shortage
Pakistan: Mansehra residents warn of protests over water shortage
Islamabad: Residents of Mansehra city in Pakistan have accused the Tehsil Municipal Administration of failing to ensure smooth water supply and warned the administration to stage street protests if their demands for proper water supply are not met within a week.
The locals criticized the administration by saying as quoted by ANI that “despite spending huge sums of money on a shallow groundwater scheme, the Tehsil Municipal Administration failed to ensure a smooth water supply.”
They further said that the work on the water scheme had been completed but even then the water supply has not been ensured further demanding the administration for the same within a week otherwise people would take it to the streets of the city.
A local group representative was quoted as saying by ANI, “The water table had dropped significantly, while many wells and hand pumps had dried up. The crisis had been growing amid sweltering weather to the misery of the local population."
Another resident said, “Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif recently visited Mansehra and announced Rs1 billion funds for the resolution of water shortages on an emergency basis, but that announcement awaited action.”
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