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Srinagar: People of the Awanpora area in Khag, Budgam district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir are facing an acute drinking water crisis.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, the locals said despite the village being located barely one kilometer from the Khag Tehsil headquarters, the area has remained completely neglected by the authorities.<\/p>\n
They said there is no government-provided water supply system in place, forcing families to depend on distant natural sources for their daily needs.<\/p>\n
Local resident Firdous Ahmad said women from the area are compelled to walk nearly one kilometer to fetch water from a natural spring locally known as Naag, causing immense hardship, particularly during harsh weather conditions.<\/p>\n
He termed the absence of basic drinking water facilities in the present time as deeply unfortunate and reflective of administrative apathy.<\/p>\n
The locals said flagship schemes such as the Jal Jeevan Mission and other initiatives of the Jal Shakti Department have not been implemented on the ground in their area. \u201cWe do not understand the purpose of these schemes when people here still do not have access to tap water,\u201d residents said.<\/p>\n
They said despite repeated appeals, their grievances have failed to evoke any response from the departments concerned. The inhabitants said the continued denial of safe drinking water has adversely affected daily life, especially for women, children, and elderly inhabitants.<\/p>\n
They warned that unless immediate steps are taken to address the issue, the suffering of the inhabitants will continue to worsen, calling for swift and concrete action to resolve the long pending water crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Srinagar: People of the Awanpora area in Khag, Budgam district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir are facing an acute drinking water crisis. According to Kashmir Media Service, the locals said despite the village being located barely one kilometer from the Khag Tehsil headquarters, the area has remained completely neglected by the authorities. They …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":192693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t