Water woes plague LDA high-rises in Jankipuram
LUCKNOW : Residents of the Lucknow Development Authority’s (LDA) Janeshwar Enclave apartment in Jankipuram complained of health issues on Friday, allegedly after drinking dirty water from their water tank, which they claim has not been cleaned for years.
The residents shared multiple videos showing black water and uncleaned tanks. However, the Residents Welfare Association (RWA) of Janeshwar Enclave refuted these claims, stating that the water tanks are regularly cleaned and that the videos are a strategy to blame the RWA.
The building has a total of five towers, each with 19 floors and 525 flats.
Each tower has water tanks on its roof, which residents claim have not been cleaned for over two years.
“Residents called labs accredited by the National Accreditation Board for testing and calibration laboratories at their own expense, spending nearly ₹18,000, and sent water samples for testing. The test report on 22 parameters is yet to come, which will determine whether the water is fit for consumption. This step was taken after many people suffered from stomach-related illnesses,” said Md Sehansh Ansari, a resident.
“My wife complained of a stomach ache, and this has been a common phenomenon for the last few months,” said another resident, Debashish Banerjee.
“Four-inch pipelines supply water to 525 flats in Janeshwar Enclave. Every summer, there are 2-3 pipeline bursts; the most recent was 15 days ago,” said another resident, Ajay Singh.
A letter dated May 8, 2024, was also written by the residents to the LDA vice-chairman about the water woes and multiple other issues related to water quality in the building.
The residents further stated that it is not the RWA who should be blamed, but the LDA, which has yet to hand over the building’s maintenance to the newly formed RWA.