Mankote villages of Mendhar without potable water supply for many years

M S Nazki

MENDHAR, Residents of twin villages of Mankote in Mendhar Sub Division of Poonch district protested over the non-availability of water.
Reports said that local populace from Simkan Mankote and Meghayad Naroonin protested over the non-availability of potable water, which according to them is an issue for many years now.
Alleging the lackadaisical approach from PHE department, the locals said that despite bringing the issue to the notice of the concerned officials on many occasions nothing significant has been done even after all these years.
“We are solely relying on a natural water source that gets dried up frequently and at times, when there is rainfall the water becomes muddy, the locals said adding that children and old people have developed health complications by consuming the muddy water,” the report quoted a local protestor as saying.
“The PHE department had even installed a pipeline few years before but over the time the pipes developed cracks and no one from the department seems to be moved by it”, they said.
Meanwhile, the locals have sought intervention from Lt Governor Jammu and Kashmir in the matter. “We hope that Lt Governor will look into the matter to mitigate our sufferings”, the locals said.