JAMMU, Jan 28: Senior Congress leader and DDC Suchetgarh, Taranjit Singh Tony has strongly criticized the Public Health Engineering Department for its failure to provide clean drinking water to several areas of Jammu, including Ratti Sarai, Sunjwan, Barmini, Chatha, Bathindi, Trikuta Nagar, Sainik Colony, Chowadi, Rajiv Nagar, Qasim Nagar, and Bahu Fort.
As summer approaches, these areas are grappling with an acute shortage of potable water, causing severe hardships for the residents.
Tony lambasted the PHE authorities for their inefficiency, alleging that they are failing in their fundamental duty to supply drinking water and also questioned Additional Chief Secretary Jal Shakti for no fool proof plan.
He stated that despite repeated appeals from the residents, no concrete measures have been taken to resolve the crisis & non-functionality of the PHE department is not just negligence but amounts to a criminal offense, as depriving people of clean drinking water is a violation of their basic rights.
Tony made a fervent appeal to PHE Minister Javed Rana to take immediate and stern action against the officials responsible for this gross mismanagement & emphasized that those who are deliberately neglecting their duties must be held accountable.
He warned that if corrective measures are not taken at the earliest, massive protests will be launched to press for the people's fundamental rights.
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