By: Mushtaq Raza
The people of Khewra are deprived of clean drinking water even in this modern age. In Depo Bazaar and Pracha Mohalla, the water being supplied for drinking is foul-smelling. A total of 220 million rupees were spent on this water supply system, which was laid from Pind Dadan Khan Bela to Khewra city. The water from this supply is stored in a centuries-old pond located at the Khewra Salt Mine.
This pond is completely uncovered. When it was used for water storage, neither was it cleaned nor was a roof constructed over it. The drinking water lying under the open sky is filled with plastic bags and bottles. A green layer of algae has formed on the surface, and the pond resembles a ruin. Due to the lack of boundary walls, wild animals roam freely. Both humans and animals are drinking from the same pond that was constructed at the cost of 220 million rupees.
Contaminated with hepatitis and other harmful elements, the water is causing stomach, throat, liver, and various other illnesse
