Sudden breakdown in the tubewells is considered to be among the top reasons for acute shortage of potable water in the Capital city apart from the rising demand of potable water in the region.
However, those villagers who are living in the remote areas of the State are among the worst sufferers in terms of shortage of potable water due to disrupted potable water supply in their respective areas.
As per the information
available, the supply of potable water was disrupted after Badrinath colony and Neshvilla road based tubewells were reported to be breakdown.
However, department officials claimed that instructions were already issued to the maintenance staff to removing the technical staff.
Among those colonies that faced the brunt of shortage of potable water was Dalanwala, Old Dalanwala, Karanpur, Chukhuwala Mohalla, Khurbura, Jhanda Mohalla, Dandipur Mohalla, Khurbura, Indresh Nagar, Dhamawala, Naya Nagar, Paltan Bazar, luniya Mohalla, Dl Road, Tilak road, Macchi Bazar, Subhash road, Raja Road, Ghosi gali, Kedarpuram, MDDA Colony, Rajpur road and adjoining localities are facing the problem of acute shortage of potable water.
The problem of shortage of potable water increases manifold during the summer and especially during interrupted power supply in the region. Shockingly, the situation is worst in the fringe parts of Dehradun district, where residents are force to traverse several kilometers to quench their thirst.
One of the department officials from the Jal Sansthan claimed that the demand of potable water in the city hovers around 190 mld (million litre per day) but in the summer, the demand of water jumps to 250-300 mld per day thus causing the deficit of around 40-50 mld.
After expressing the concern over the disrupted power supply at majority of the colonies, he said that the tubewells were non-operation due to the power outage thus affecting the Government water supply.