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Ukhrul reels under severe water crisis
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Ukhrul, May 31 2015 :
Ukhrul Water Supply Scheme is now unable to make drinking water available to people who are reeling under the perennial scarcity of the same.
Ukhrul has the facility to access to clean, safe water, but it is always scarce in the district probably due to failure on the part of the office of the Executive Engineer of Public Health Engineering Department.
Most of the staff members including the Chief Executive Engineer were not available for comment when Hueiyen Lanpao tried to contact them.
"The office is not functioning properly.
Most of the officials are always absent from duty," some local residents told Hueiyen Lanpao.
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Some local residents living on the outskirts of Ukhrul town said, "We get drinking water only once a week.
But the hydrant water pours only for one and a half hour in a day.
If we miss it, then we have to buy water" .
The Ukhrul PHE division draws water from the Kasung and Khoktikhong rivers for the water supply scheme.
These rivers are running water throughout the year.
Perhaps, the negligence of duty by the employees of the PHED is the simple reason behind the unremitting problem of shortage of water in the hill district.
The Ukhrul Water Supply Scheme has failed in providing adequate drinking water to residents living in the Ukhrul proper town area whose population is less than 100,000.The water supply scheme located on the Ukhrul District Hospital Road can store 3 lakh litres of water.
Some residents said they spend around Rs 700 for 1000 litres of water they often buy from private water suppliers.
"It's quite expensive" .
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