Rawalpindi : As a consequence of the Temperature reaching 33 degrees Celsius, cantonment areas are experiencing an increase in the severity of their water shortage.
Both the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) and the Chaklala Cantonment Board (CCB) have issued a warning that the problem will continue to exist because there are no large water projects currently in the planning stages.
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As a direct consequence of this, the RCB and CCB have begun restricting water by only providing it once every two days for a duration of less than an hour.
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According to Raja Irfan Imtiaz, a former vice president of the CCB, the elected members of the cantonments have been suspended owing to the election timetable in Punjab, but they will continue their duties when the polls have been completed.
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This decision was made by the CCB. He voiced his concern about the fact that despite the efforts of the elected members, there was still no solution to the problem of a lack of water.
Khanpur Dam is the source of the water that is now being distributed to locals, but the administration of the Sangjani Filtration Plant has restricted the amount of water that is being distributed since they claim the dam is dry.
The increasing demand for water during the summer months cannot be met by tube wells alone since they are not sufficient.
The elected members have urged that the federal government devise a strategy to provide water to the cantonment regions from other dams in their submission to the federal government.
However, more than two hundred complaints are filed each and every day with the city authority, and inhabitants now have no choice but to use tankers to get their water.
An officer from the RCB admitted that the water level at Khanpur Dam, which is the principal supply of water for the cantonment regions, has declined.
Khanpur Dam is the largest reservoir in the region. Even though there has been a decrease in the water level in both the city and the cantonment areas, the civic government has plans to install additional tube wells.
People are being given tankers, particularly in places that are highly populated, and water rationing is necessary since it is difficult to manage the available water supply.
However, inhabitants have the impression that poor management on the part of the civic authority is the fundamental cause of the water deficit.
Tankers are only being made available to powerful people, while those who are less fortunate are being disregarded.
As a consequence of this, they are forced to hire water tankers at a considerable expense, and during the summer months, private water tankers charge much more than usual.
According to Salman Saeed, a dealer in Saddar, the RCB has not taken any steps to enhance the water supply in the region despite the water deficit that has been going on for some time.