Monday, August 16, 2010

Contractors and Water: Published on 21 April 2007


These are the new houses at the back drop of IDP camps, which are being built for them

The construction companies are always powerful when it comes to access to water. They will some how get water, even if it is not there.

Near Neuhen- Neuhen barracks, there is a big bore well which will supply water to most of the IDP’s (Internally Displaced People). A contractor group is building beautiful houses to these IDP’s near that area. Now, they come to the bore well which is meant for the barrack people and extract water for their construction.

The people sometimes are nice, any way they are building houses for them. So they have not fully resisted the encroachment of their water sources by the contractors.

Due to excessive pumping, the pump broke down, and the contractors started going to other places where they can get water. Since there is no water for the people, they have collected money and repaired the water pump.

My project manager got so upset, and stopped the contractors to come and collect the water from the barracks. Also, he arranged a meeting with the contractors to pay the recent repair costs. But, who will pay ya, it’s easy to give, but very difficult to get.

Any way I have appreciated his initiative in bringing justice to the people.

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