Road construction damages water pipes in Karsog

Tribune News Service

Mandi, May 31

Drinking water supply scheme under Nanj Panchayat area in Karsog assembly segment of Mandi district has been damaged because of the ongoing construction work of local link road.

According to the local residents of Nanj panchayat and its nearby villages, the Public Works Department was constructing a Shog-Mamli link road in the area. The residents alleged that during construction, muck was dumped haphazardly. It fell on the water pipes damaging these badly. Now over 2,000 families of Nanj panchayat area and its nearby villages are facing acute shortage of drinking water for the past five days.

Taajender Sharma, former vice pradhan of Nanj, said, “We have informed the Public Works Department (PWD) officials as well as Irrigation and Public Health department about the damage and sought its restoration but to no avail.”

“During construction of this link road, the muck is being dumped illegally in the area. We urge the PWD authority to dump the muck at proper dumping site to avoid damage to the natural water resources in the region,” he said.