VEHARI, May 7: Scores of residents in Chak 9-11/WB and union council No 1 have been drinking contaminated water for the last week due to the negligence of local tehsil municipal administration.

A group of residents, including Haji Abdul Rasheed, Imtiaz Ahmad, Moeen Akhtar, Ghulam Rasool, Muhammad Aslam and Sohail Maruf, complained on Tuesday sewerage water had found way in the rusty water supply pipes.

Their complaints had no effect on the authorities concerned, they said.

When contacted, union council Nazim and municipal officials said they had been apprised of the situation, but, they had yet to do repairs.

A majority of people, especially children, have been suffering from dysentery and other water-borne diseases.

A specialist in the locality Dr Javed Butt confirmed cases of dysentery had increased manifold during the last week. If the TMA did not take measures, he said, days were not far when some epidemic might break out.

The complainants have urged the authorities concerned to resolve their problem on priority.

The mixing of impure water resulted in similar situation every year in the summer. The authorities made temporary arrangements to resolve the issue, it was learnt.