Serves 15 days ultimatum to PHED to restore water supply
Peren, May 19 (MExN): Expressing their resentment and anger against the Government’s lackadaisical attitude regarding “total absence of drinking water” from PHED, Peren since January 2016, the citizens of Peren Town today took out a ‘Silent Public Procession’ starting from Main Bazaar, Peren Town to Office of the ADC demanding restoration of water.
Thereafter, a memorandum was submitted to the Deputy Commissioner of Peren S Tainiu for onward submission to Minister for Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Tokheho Yepthomi in which the public served a 15 days ultimatum to the department for “prompt and immediate necessary action.”
In the memo, released to the media here, the public demanded Minister for PHED to constitute a ‘Special Investigation Team’ to study and consider the matter with outmost urgency for restoration of clean water supply to Peren Town.
“Failing which the Public of Peren Town will have no other option but be forced to close down the Department of PHED indefinitely,” it asserted.
While stating that Peren Town is not new to acute water scarcity and various concerned denizens, pressure groups and the media have highlighted the chronic problem and appealed for necessary action on several occasions, it lamented that so far the Government has turned a “deaf ear to our woes till date” and “Successive Government’s assurance for restoration of proper water-supply to Peren Town had been nothing but false promises.”
In this regard, the memo cautioned that the public are ready to take up “more extreme measures” as the Government had time and again failed to consider their genuine prayers and appeals and served the department 15 days ultimatum.
The memorandum was appended by representative of various organisation and civil bodies including Chairman Union, Ipetrangbe Ndang; PTYO, Deusoyi Rangkau; PTWWO, Lungsidaile; GB’S Union, Haisui Lungalang; PDVCO, Azeu Namcyn Hau; and Traders Union, Nduzeu Herie
