August 18: Residents of Sarpang Tar are facing an acute shortage of water. The problem has been continuing for years now.

Walking through Sarpang Tar, you can see lines of empty jerry cans in front of every house. Residents here get drinking water twice a day for about half an hour. When the water comes, they make sure that the jerry cans are ready.

Residents told our reporter that the water supply is not enough. They said they can get only two buckets of water at the most. They get water for one hour but each water tap is shared by several villagers.

At times, residents said, they have to measure the water using a jar and divide this scarce resource equally among themselves. They use rain water to wash clothes, dishes and for other household chores during the summer.

The Dzongkhag began construction of a clean drinking water supply last year for the residents of Sarpang Tar. Almost 85 percent of the works were completed when a flash flood and landslide washed away the pipelines.

Meanwhile the District engineer told our reporter that they have completed the resurvey of the area and are working on the tender documents.