Water ailments in Dharamsala: Lecks, apathy and dry truth behind an intelligent urban space

The residents of ward no. 14 quickly lose hope, since their repeated requests to the Jal Shakti department in relation to a leaky connection on the main bypass road in Dari will continue to be ignored. Despite persistent efforts, the necessary repairs were not carried out. This is not an isolated case – in almost every community in the city, precious water is wasted due to unattended leaks.

“A large part of our water supply – whether from motorized tube wells or from the traditional gallery near a natural source – is simply not used efficiently. Almost a third of it goes down the drain and there seems to be no determined efforts from the department to find a permanent solution,” says Ramesh, a resident of Station No. 10, Shamnagar, Under the Dhraramsala.

Ramesh is not alone. Many others believe that the department, which deals with this problem with the urgency that it deserves, could significantly relieve the problem of the growing water shortage of the city. Pankaj Chaudhary, sub-divisional officer from JSD in Dharamsala, claimed that the department spoke to Leckage when notification, admitted that he had no explanation for the acute lack of water in Ramnagar in Ramnagar in Ramnagar in the last three days.

Despite the hundreds of Crores who have transformed Dharamsala into an “intelligent city”-a single, the ambitious, multi-crore mission Jal Jevan-Hat hardly improves the situation on site. The water distribution network remains lacquer.

“It is astonishing that no sustainable efforts were made to harvest rainwater to replenish natural sources,” remarked a retired army officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “Dharamsala receives decent rainfall, but due to steep gradients and poor planning, things just work.

The continuing water leaks of pipes, joints and warehouse tanks in Dharamsalas stations are reminiscent of the Jal Shakti department in order to strongly rethink its infrastructure priorities. While large sums for signs have been spent on the citizens who ask the citizens to save water, the department seems to have freed itself from precisely this responsibility.