Citizens of the federal capital have urged the mayor to take action to urgently restore the routine water supply to the sectors where it is disrupted for weeks now.
Islamabad Green Citizens Front (IGCF), a member of the Pakistan Civil Society Network, wrote a letter to the Islamabad Mayor Sheikh Anser Aziz on Thursday highlighting the water shortage in many of the residential sectors of the federal capital. Water scarcity has peaked in the recent days in the absence of the routine water supply as the MCI could not repair the Sangjani turbines and some other pipes supplying water to Islamabad. The MCI water tanker facility is being misused by the water tanker mafia in connivance with the MCI staff deputed there. The MCI staff asks the citizens to buy private water tanker while the MCI tankers remain under-used, the letter claimed.
The IGCF requested the mayor for immediate suspension of the shift in-charges of the water tanker facilities to conduct an impartial inquiry against them on supporting the private water tankers and negligence in providing relief to the citizens. Some honest and steadfast staff should be appointed to replace the suspended staff.
