Sewage overflows in Jaito, residents gherao MLA
Faridkot, January 22
As many residential and industrial areas have been flooded with sewage in Jaito previously week, residents on Sunday obstructed MLA Amolak Singh’s automotive and demanded him to sit down in a protest dharna with them.
A DSP-rank officer reached the positioning to “rescue” the MLA who had been gheraoed by the protesting residents.
Upset over the flooding of their streets and homes by sewage, the residents complained that soiled water had entered their premises damaging constructing, furnishings, digital home equipment and different helpful items.
“The nullah of our locality is overflowing, inundating homes and outlets,” alleged the protesters. “Issues are tough as soiled water of the nullah has been clogging the streets for the previous week and all our requests to the MLA didn’t get any response,” they alleged.
Referring to final yr’s ivisit of a minister and the MLA to a hospital, they stated, “If the MLA could make a vice chancellor lie on a grimy mattress in Guru Gobind Singh Medical School and Hospital in Faridkot, blaming him for not sustaining correct hygienic situations within the hospital, he ought to look into the pitiable dwelling situation in his Meeting constituency additionally,” demanded the protesters.
MLA Amolak Singh claimed that he had submitted a mission report back to the state authorities to resolve the sewage downside in Jaito. Nonetheless, residents stated the MLA was inaccessible many of the occasions.
“For the previous 5 days, we’ve got not been capable of cook dinner meals in our homes,” alleged many residents.