Baramulla, July 30 -- In an unprecedented administrative shake-up, the recent mass transfer of employees in the Jal Shakti (PHE) Department, Baramulla Division, has triggered a full-blown drinking water crisis across several remote and marginalised villages, leaving thousands of residents desperate and without access to safe water.
According to locals from Gulistan, Hardukhal, Paldaji, Goriwan, Khal Bala, and Namblan, the department abruptly transferred all field staff responsible for water supply in the region-without deploying any replacements. As a result, not a single official remains on the ground to operate or maintain the water systems. The few contractual workers who remain have reportedly refused to take charge of duties, citing l...