KISHTWAR: People held a protest against PHE Department for its failure to provide drinking water to the area.
The residents of Dool area of Kishtwar Distt staged protest against acute scarcity of drinking water in their area and raised slogans against PHE Department for its failure to mitigate the requirement of the people.
The agitating people also accused the department of giving preferential treatment to certain areas at the cost of deserving ones.
They block the National Highway for hours near Dool in support of their demand.
The residents of Dool, who also held massive protest demonstration on Poochal road, alleged that water supply lines were being diverted in order to provide undue benefit to politically sound people.
They demanded water supply as soon as earliest otherwise they have no other option but to start series of protest at Tehsil and Distt Level.