More steps are yet to be introduced by the department concerned to overcome the problem of the shortage of potable water, especially in the remote parts of the State.
Sources revealed that more than 6,300 small hamlets are facing the shortage of potable water and supply is intermittent. The tall claims made by the State potable water department that no part of the State will face paucity of potable water, the reality is something very different which has been claimed by the department.
Those villagers who are living in the fringe parts of the State are forced to traverse several kilometers to quench their thirst. The situation is equally worse in the mountainous and tough terrains of Uttarakhand as couple of small hamlets is occasionally receiving potable water.
However, department sources claimed that the supply of potable water was disrupted to some hamlets as the higher parts of the state faced the brunt of natural calamites, last year resulted the potable water pipelines were badly damaged but, they also fail to give clear deadlines when will be the pipelines repaired.
One of the department sources from Jal Sansthan claimed that problem of shortage of potable water overcomes in the near future after the completion of pending projects in the near future.
"Most of the broken potable water pipelines were repaired for ensuring disrupted free water supply to the residents," he claimed, adding that strict monitoring on contractors would be done for ensuring the supply of potable water to residents at its stipulated time.