The incessant rains that wrecked havoc in the higher parts of the State also proved very disastrous for the potable water pipelines as villagers have been reeling under the acute shortage of potable water in the higher parts of the State.
Department officials claimed that 226 potable water pipelines in urban and rural areas were damaged after facing the brunt of natural calamites that struck in the State, couple of days back. All those villagers who are living in the small hamlets are forced to traverse several kilometers to quench their thirst.
The potable water pipelines were badly damaged in the higher parts of the State. 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.
The water supply that was intermittent in the higher parts of the State has now started facing the acute shortage of potable water after natural calamities that struck in the State, couple of days back.
Department sources told that the 14 potable water lines were alone damaged in Dehradun district whereas 19 potable water lines were damaged in Rudraprayag district.
Similarly, 47 potable water lines in Chamoli, 32 in Tehri, four in Pauri, 45 in Uttarkashi, 31 in Almora, 13 in Pithoragarh, six in Champawat, one in Bageshwar and eight potable water lines in Nainital district was damaged.
It is noteworthy that the situation has become gruesome manifold especially in the higher areas as the potable water lines that were damaged in the last year natural calamities have not been repaired yet
One of the department sources on the condition of anonymity told The Pioneer that broken potable water pipelines would be repaired at the earliest. He said that the department has been striving round the clock for resuming the supply of potable water in the disaster-hit areas of the State.