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Charanjit Sngh TejaTribune News ServiceAmritsar December 2In the absence of technical staff water testing laboratory of the Amristar Municipal Corporation (MC) has been lying defunct for the last several years. The MC receives regular complaints of residents about contaminated water supply but there has been no infrastructure to verify them. Officials of the operation and maintenance (O&M) wing claimed they test water samples at the laboratory of the Health Department at Golden Avenue. Last year the operation and maintenance wing had initiated process to outsource the firm to operationalise the water testing lab. As a result the water testing lab is lying defunct..