KOHAT, April 18: The residents of Kohat Development (KDA) Township are again facing acute water shortage due to excessive power loadshedding.

The township officials said that due to power loadshedding the storage tanks could not be filled to their capacity and resultantly the water supply in upper sectors of the township had been affected.

Taking advantage of the situation the tanker mafia is charging at their will from Rs500 to Rs1,200 per tanker whereas the only water tanker of the township could not fulfill the residents’ requirement of water.

The town administration had also failed last year to ensure provision of sufficient water to the residents.

However, it had acquired two tankers on rent to provide water to people at controlled rate.

The officials said that complaint of the residents was genuine, but the Pesco had not been cooperating to reduce power loadshedding despite repeated requests.

When contacted, an official Asghar Banoori said that money was being arranged for buying a generator to ensure water supply to the residents.

He said that they also needed an additional water pump.

He admitted that the water shortage was acute in sectors 8 and 9.

PAPERS WITHDRAWN: Twenty-two candidates withdrew their nomination papers from NA-16 and three provincial assembly constituencies here on Thursday.

Those who withdrew their papers from NA-16 include Saeed Shah advocate, Abdul Hameed, Abbas Afridi, Afzal Khan, Mustafa Kamal and Maulana Abdur Raheem.

Similarly from KP-37, Farhan Afridi, Aftab Alam, Najeebullah, Malik Inayatullah and former MPA Shaukat Habib withdrew their nominations.

The withdrawing candidates from KP-38 include Farhan Afridi, Mir Wais Shinwari and former MPA Mussarat Shafi, Mehtabul Hassan, Shehbaz Gul, Afzal Khan, Moeen Shah, Matiullah Shah and Maulana Asmatullah.

The candidates whose names were struck off by the returning officers from the KP- 39 are Fawad Khan and Badshah Hayat.

The final list of candidates would be issued today (Thursday).