Drinking water supply scheme under Nanj Panchayat area in Karsog assembly segment of Mandi district has been damaged because of the ongoing construction work of local link road.
According to the local residents of Nanj panchayat and its nearby villages, the Public Works Department was constructing a Shog-Mamli link road in the area. The residents alleged that during construction, muck was dumped haphazardly. It fell on the water pipes damaging these badly. Now over 2,000 families of Nanj panchayat area and its nearby villages are facing acute shortage of drinking water for the past five days.