KOHAT: Severe scarcity of drinking water has hit the city dwellers due to suspension of water supply in second shift by the Water Supply and Sanitation Company (WSSC), Kohat.

The residents have demanded immediate restoration of the evening shift to overcome the problem.

When contacted, WSSC water supply head Azmat Shah said the problem of water shortage was due to excessive power outages at the source on OTS Road, as the overhead tank could not be filled to cater to the whole city.

He said they had divided the city into four zones to supply water in daily shifts in the morning.

WSSC cites power outages as its cause

Answering a question, Mr Shah said he had discussed the matter with the high-ups for buying a heavy generator to pump water.

The WSSC would usually release water in the morning and evening, but as the weather turned hot during the last week it had suspended the one-hour water supply from 5pm to 6pm.

In the severely-hit Garden Colony, Parachgan mohallah and other such areas of the city scores of people could be seen gathering around the wells bored by the tehsil municipal administration. They connect pipes to the bore and drop them in the home tanks turn by turn and this continues till 2am.

DRIVER KILLED: A driver was killed when an oil tanker bringing petrol from Peshawar plunged from the hilly track into a deep ravine here on Tuesday.

The spilled oil caught fire, which engulfed crush machines besides causing fire in Kotal Wildlife Park.

The driver was identified as Sher Akbar of Lakki Marwat. The tanker cleaner jumped out of it on the road and escaped unhurt.

District emergency officer Naveed Khan told mediapersons that the fire, which engulfed a large area of 20 crush machines, was put out in four hours.

CONFERENCE: Council of Islamic Ideology chairman Qibla Ayaz has said that the voice of nations gets attention at the

international level on the basis of their good economy, trade and peace.

He was addressing Paigham-i-Pakistan conference held at the Fata University in Darra Adamkhel on Tuesday as chief guest.

He emphasised the role of teachers in removing the attitudes of hatred and intolerance from the minds of youth. The varsity’s VC Dr Jehanzeb Khan also spoke on the occasion.

Published in Dawn, March 23rd, 2022