Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 18

Residents of Basti Mani Singh near Jodhewal Basti Chowk are suffering due to erratic water supply in the area. They are being forced to buy water or go to other areas in the city to procure it.

Chander Pal, a resident of the area, said the water supply was affected since Tuesday morning and had not been restored even till today evening.

The residents said they had suffered from the same problem earlier too and sought a permanent solution from the MC. “We want adequate water supply on a routine basis. In the absence of proper water supply, we are forced to bring it from other locations or purchase it from the market. Earlier, we had suffered from irregular water supply for weeks,” a resident rued.

They also blamed the MC officials for not arranging a water tanker, despite repeated complaints. They said no information had been provided to them about when would the problem be resolved.

MC SDO Sandeep Sharma said a tube well had developed a snag and staff had been deployed to get it repaired at the earliest.