Kalikot,
Nov 28 : District
headquarters of Kalikot, Manma, has faced acute shortage of drinking water. The
people here have blamed the municipality that it failed to pay heed to this
problem.
The shortage of
drinking water has especially hit hard the hoteliers at bazaar area of the
district headquarters. A local Dhan Bahadur Batala argued the distribution of
drinking water was unjust. The people's representatives were indifferent to
this problem, he added.
"Only
bigwigs have privileges on drinking water supply. The water does not run on
commoners' tap but the bigwigs' taps are running water round the clock,"
he worried, adding why no office or person in public office has paid attention
to this problem.
Those who have
easy access to resources have installed direct pipe from tank to their homes,
but the commoners suffer water shortage, the locals argued, adding it must be
ended and drinking water should be supplied to all people equally.
Chakra Bahadur
Bam, a hotelier in Khadachakra Municipality, said, "There is no water
running from the tap at home. So, it is one hour's trek to fetch water. We need
to stand in line for long to get turn to fill the water pots." (RSS)