Over 4,000 locals of Letang Bhogteni Municipality-4 in the district are deprived of getting pure drinking water.
According to a local Lalit Tamang, locals of Deuralidanda, Birajedanda, Bhalugaude, Belchauri, Kerabari, Bhaluwa and Letang were deprived of getting drinking water facility after a landslide buried the water supplying pipe and dam on July 24.
Locals have complained that the concerned bodies were reluctant in this regard adding that they frequently reported the problems to the concerned authorities; however no results were seen so far.