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This could be due to the water supply pipelines that were laid more than 50 years ago and have outlived their shelf life. The supply line should be changed at the earliest for clean drinking water.
Residents of Krishna Nagar are a harried lot as civic body has not paid any heed to their complaints regarding contaminated water supply. Irked over non-seriousness of the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation, residents forwarded their complaint to Local Bodies Principal Secretary AK Sinha.
Former chief engineer of the Water Supplies and Sewage Department, RK Talwar, said, “Our colony, which has about 1,000 residents, is being supplied drinking water mixed with sewage. Every morning, dirty water starts flowing from our taps. We need to keep taps running for at least 30 minutes before filling water. Water supply pipelines were laid more than 50 years ago and have outlived their shelf life. The supply line should be changed at the earliest.”
He said, “Sewerage was laid much later and often remains blocked. There is leakage either in joints or from manholes. During non-water supply hours, sewage enters into water supply lines as negative pressure is created inside pipelines when supply is shut. When water pumping is restored after interval, sewage that has already entered inside water supply lines certainly gets mixed with drinking water.”
Another resident, Rajat Mahendru, said, “Water supply provided to our locality by the MC is not only toxic, but unfit for human consumption. As a result, chances of outbreak of water-borne diseases are very high.”
Nirmal Singh, a local, said, “Though we are residents of the Smart City, but in reality we are living in a very miserable condition. We are being forced to consume sewage mixed drinking water.”
Irate residents said they contacted their councillor and MLA as well, but nothing happened on the ground.
“Water purifiers installed at our places need to be repaired every month due to heavy volume of impurities. We cannot use filtered water for bathing or washing clothes. The MC must install new pipeline,” said Naresh Bahri.
Jalandhar Central MLA Rajinder Beri said, “Residents were to meet me over the issue, but they did not turn up. In any case, I will surely look into the problem and get it sorted out.”
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