The water tank that is opposite to my window is dry now for couple of days. It was not the case before. It used to wake me up with the sound of water hitting on the floor that distracted me constantly. That was because it kept overflowing for hours once it was filled. At first I thought it’s a mistake, which is very much part of we being human. Mistake is mistake and it should not be taken as ill intention unless it's proven so. But, when I heard that sound of overflowing water hitting ground almost repeatedly then its is not hard to understand, that is not just a mistake that happens occasionally. It's must have became habit to some government staff working there.
What caught my attention is once we took it to facebook the water tank is left dry for days. We don't draw the attention of concerned people to get the extreme result like this. Everyone must have excess to 24 hours running water on tap, but to have that facility no one needs to leave the tank overflowing for hours after its filled. Definitely not for 24 hours which somebody did on May 22 -23, 2019. I have a question to ask to the top most officer in this building. How come the Purchase Department in the parliament building is not aware of 5000 liter capacity of water tank that can store the water for big needs like yours. This might need hours to refill the water and they can sleep or go shopping after running a machine. But it does not take more than an hour [that is maximum if the machine is of lower capacity] to fill the 1000 capacity water tank which that building has.
Needless to tell you, this news found its place on facebook post, that was addressed to Hello Sarkar. “Is this possible to inform the parliament building management team not to leave water overflowing from the tank like this for two hours at times and this time it’s for almost 24 hours since yesterday morning. Water shortage is one of the serious issue in Kathmandu at this time of the year. Besides, Government office like this may have budget for this however we all are overburdened by the national loan, so taking care of small matter like this will be helpful. Thank you for your Prompt action on this matter.”
On May 29, 2019 follow up post came on facebook like this, “after five days of dry water tank due to the facebook reporting to #HelloSarkar today the water from parliament building is overflowing for more than two hours now. How long it takes a staff to run to a machine room and switch it off ? Are they trying to tell us we work in big place ?
More follow up updates was posted on that day as posted below.
It 4:16 PM now and the water is still overflowing. now it’s been about three hours of overflow of water. in less than an hour the office will close will they remember to switch off the machine.
It 6:15 PM now and the water is still overflowing continuously. now it’s been about 5 hours of overflow of water. What is the excuse ? parliamentarians gathering today in the building ?
At last the machine was switched off well past 7: 15 PM, perhaps that was the time when all the parliament members left the building. This means the water was left overflowing for more than six hours. The question is how come this can not be controlled ?
It’s absolutely alright to provide nonstop water supply on tap when the delegates and distinguished members are in the building. But, this also does not mean that the machine is left running for hours after the tank got filled. That is height of negligence, laziness and irresponsible behavior shown from the side of staff responsible for this task. Lower level staff being lazy is not a new thing to anyone working in big organization or government offices, however, it is the responsibility of middle management to take the matter in hand. So, that they should not be that lazy during work hours. Five to ten minutes overflowing daily may be excusable but leaving the water tank overflowing for two to more than 24 hours non stop should not be taken lightly. Action must be taken against those who left it unattended for that long hours straight at a time.
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Video record is posted here to support this news. There are plenty of staff passing by the overflowing tank. Staff walking around the tank did not do anything to make it stop. They just did not seem concerned about it. They exhibited that attitude government staff of this country carries, it's not yours nor its not your fathers. So keep quiet.I missed one thing, when it was overflowing nonstop for hours and hours on May 22 and 23, 2019 I wanted to record it for whole time to show them proof of it but then I thought that I do not have that big budget like our government to waste, to keep running machine for more than twenty four hours.
Note : This post is based on a conversation with a college student who lives in a building that face the parliament building.
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