Pakistan, Nov. 15 -- Residents of several neighbourhoods in Chitral town have been facing an acute shortage of clean drinking water for the past eight consecutive days following damage to a six-inch water supply pipeline during construction work in Singoor. Local elders Shahzada Siraj Ulmulk and Gul Rehman Chitrali told the media that the water supply line serving Gankorini, Balach and Singoor was damaged by an excavator allegedly operated by a person carrying out house construction in the area.

They said the incident had disrupted the water supply to a large number of households, leaving residents struggling to meet their daily drinking water needs.

Despite the passage of more than a week, the Water Supply Unit and the local administra...