According to news reports Harkat workers fear that President Gen Pervez Musharraf may hand over Khalil to the US within a week. A complete breakdown of water supply for the past three days has forced Chadoora residents to consider launching a strong agitation. In desperation, villagers have started sinking wells on their own. A water supply scheme meant for the areas had failed during trials.
Reports say the aged pipes installed in the scheme burst soon after testing.
A power transformer serving the Sogam locality has been taken by the PDD for repairs, but has not been returned even after two months. Residents said their protests met with lathi-charge and police firing. Inhabitants of nearly a dozen villages in Nagabal, Tral, are thirsting for a drop of water even though pipes for a water supply scheme were laid several year ago. Locals say the department concerned extracted money for the pipes from villagers in spite of funds having been drawn from the public exchequer. In the meantime, pipes laid in the Peer Mohalla have vanished mysteriously.