Tap water becomes a dream

Rawalpindi : While the wait for tap water dominates the new areas of Rawalpindi city, Fazal Town Phase-I, Street no. 3, is particularly mentionable. It is depressing to see this street does not get a regular water supply. Barring major repairs and power shutdowns where supply tube well exists, supply is not even once every alternate day.

“One of the main concerns of residents in this street is the installation of electric motors to suck the supply water depriving others of their share of water. Worse, we are yet to see the Wasa men here, despite our repeated complaints,’’ says an angry resident of the street.

We have to pay for water each month irrespective of the fact we are not getting Wasa water supply. Everyone who uses Wasa water knows he has to pay the bill every month.

Just about every week or every other week, there is no water supply. When you call Wasa managers to see what is going on, they claim the “water main” has broken and they are fixing it. This happens about once every week and sometimes several times a month. I do not know what else to think other than they are benefiting from shutting our water off somehow.

Every time they claim that the water main has broken, when you drive around the location of the tube well you never see any evidence that there are any issues. They claim the water main has developed a fault but we have looked and looked each time there is no water supply, we find there is never any work going on anywhere, it is as if they are just shutting the water off for several hours each month.

Moreover, it is not as if it is off for an hour or two that I could possibly deal with, but sometimes they shut it off for weeks or more. When I call the Wasa office they say they cannot do anything but I do not understand how that is so when they are on the city water system. Perhaps, they do not have any rules and regulations, which they should follow.

I just do not understand this. It is frustrating and not to mention unsanitary conditions when I have to go through most of my day not being able to shower or use the bathroom in my own home. From that standpoint alone, it seems like there should be someone that I can call about the issue. I just do not know who else to contact other than the Wasa office.

It sounds like this is planned work, with no notice to the water users. Wasa does not give notice to users about water interruptions. What if one is taking a shower and suddenly the water stops?