JAIPUR: Residents of different colonies of Jhotwara and Mansarovar areas are facing acute water crisis for the past 10 days. Many colonies are getting water supply in low pressure, while others are not getting water at all.
Water supply has been a perennial problem in the area and people are forced to purchase water tankers from private owners. Many people are purchasing water tankers together to divide the cost.
Sanwar Kumawat, resident of Shivpuri, said, “For the last 10 days, it has become difficult to live here. Not a drop of water is supplied here. We have to either purchase tankers or request the government to supply water. We have filed complaints in the PHED department and they assured us of quick supply, but nothing has changed so far.”
On Monday, around 25 residents of the colony protested in front of the PHED office in Jhotwara against the poor supply of water.
Dinesh Aman, another resident and former councillor of the area, said that PHED officials visited the area in the morning when it showed water is being supplied. “Usually, water is supplied in most areas for 15 minutes in low pressure and in other areas there is no water supply at all. Now, the PHED officials visit usually those areas where the water is being supplied and leave before the supply stops in 15 minutes. Officials are not understanding the gravity of the situation,” said Aman.
PHED officials of Jhotwara station said that they have been receiving complaints many times and there is some problem in the pipeline system which needs to be looked into. “We have taken cognisance of their issue and will resolve the problem as soon as possible. We need to change the system of pipeline as there is some technical glitch that this problem is being repeated,” said an official.