KARAK: The residents of Takki Mithakhel have demanded of the authorities to make operational the two water supply schemes which were launched during the term of last ANP government at a cost of Rs14 million.

The demand was made at a meeting here on Saturday with the local Islahi committee president Sardar Khan in the chair. The participants said that laying of pipelines, construction of overhead water tanks and electrification of the scheme was needed, but the incumbent government had not taken any step to make it functional.

The elders said owing to shortage of water, local women were forced to fetch the commodity from far off areas.

They said that the district had huge oil and gas funds but the people were deprived of even the basic facilities of life.

They demanded of the district government to earmark funds for completion of the water supply projects.

The elders also constituted a committee to take up the matter with the district nazim.—Correspondent