KOHAT: People of Boraka village have been using polluted water, brought from a pond for decades, spreading various water-borne diseases among residents.

Talking to Dawn on Monday, an elderly villager, Shafi Jan, said that the Boraka village had at least 50 chronic patients suffering from kidney ailment which was caused by polluted water.

He said that a large number of locals had been affected by waterborne diseases in the village.

He claimed that his family had to spend over Rs 600,000 on the treatment of a family member following kidney disease due to contaminated water.

He said that due to poverty, the villagers had to borrow money from relatives for the medical treatment.

One Mumtaz said that they approached the lawmakers and the public health engineering department for provision of clean drinking water, but nobody had cared to do the needful in this regard.

He alleged that the lawmakers even adopted delaying tactics against the installation of tube well in the locality.

Another elder, Shakir Bangash, said that the Shahid Afridi Foundation had also promised them to fund a water supply project for the village, but nothing was practically done by the organisation.

Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2024