Sitapur,

29 May (HS): A recently constructed water tank for the Jal Jeevan Mission fell

in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday afternoon, according to authorities. The event

occurred in Chunka village in the Mahmudabad district, but no casualties have

been recorded thus far, according to authorities. According to residents, the

tank has been giving water to the hamlet for the past two months and was built

at an estimated cost of Rs 531.50 lakh, local sources claimed.

Its

unexpected fall has sparked indignation among residents, who claim that poor

materials were utilized in construction.

Asha

Maurya, a local BJP MLA from Mehmudabad, stated in a post on X that information

had been received concerning the collapse of a water tank in Mahmudabad's

Chunka hamlet. The appropriate authority

had previously been alerted of the subpar job completed under the Jal Shakti

Mission. Today's events were the consequence of work carelessness caused by unholy

nexus between water corporation executives and contractors. Please take stern disciplinary action against

the lax officials and contractors, she said.

Angry

locals raised similar concerns and demanded responsibility. The municipal authority was yet to publish an

official statement in this respect. This is the second occurrence in Sitapur

district in a year involving the collapse of a Jal Jeevan Mission water

tank. Last year, a tank in Chitahala

village, Maholi constituency, fell during a trial run, prompting similar claims

of poor construction and neglect.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi