With the temperature soaring every day, Samdrup Jongkhar residents are in dire need of water. The residents of upper Samdrup Jongkhar town have been struggling with acute shortage of drinking water for a week now.
The water taps and tanks in Samdrup Jongkhar, however, are running dry. The people have run out of whatever they had stored in their tanks.
People are carrying water in their vehicles while those who don’t have cars are spending hours every day travelling to the pond, waiting in queue and carrying water.
Meanwhile, officials from the thromde said that the water problem in the locality is not new.
Thromde officials said that continuous water supply is disrupted because landslides wash away the pipes when there is heavy rain. The pipelines are located on hilly areas. “We are supplying water through our two tankers even after office hours,” said an official.
Meanwhile, the officials said that the thromde’s water treatment plant is under construction. Once the project is complete, the thromde hopes to supply sufficient and clean water to all the residents.