Polluted Water Supply to 7 Lakh City Residents

Lawmakers Inspect Doodh Ganga Treatment Plant

- Syed Mohammad Burhan

A team of lawmakers Thursday morning visited the Doodh Ganga water treatment plant in Kralpora, a facility meant to supply drinking water to nearly seven lakh residents of Srinagar’s uptown neighbourhoods.

What they found there has unsettled both politicians and citizens: a system struggling to provide clean water, weighed down by shortages, poor planning, and a river increasingly choked with waste.

The J&K Legislative House Committee on Environment, headed by veteran legislator M.Y, Tarigami had come with questions.

Alongside him were lawmakers Dr. Sajjad Shafi from Uri, Mushtaq Guroo from Chanapora, Irshad Rasool Kar from Sopore, Peerzada Feroz from Devsar, and local MLA Ali Mohammad Dar of Chadoora.