Frequent faults in special power lines supplying electricity to water-lifting stations has brought the Power Development Department (PDD) and Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department at loggerheads. It has created artificial scarcity of drinking water in Jammu and surrounding areas during summer, but the civic departments are blaming each other for the mess. For weeks now, several residential colonies are not getting regular supply of water during the sweltering summer. On Sunday, the main water-pumping station at Company Bagh remained shut from 8 am to 6 pm due to a technical…
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