The Times of India          02.12.2013

KMC to construct 10 water tanks for fire dept

KANPUR: As most of the water tanks meant for the fire brigade department have been encroached upon by the residents, the department is facing an acute water problem.

The problem arose a couple of days back at Koklas Mill compound in Chamanganj area. Kanpur Municipal Corporation has now decided to construct 10 underground water tanks for the fire department to meet their requirement in the city.

According to sources, each tank has a capacity of 2.5 lakh liters water and the Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC) plans to handover the possession of the tanks to the fire department as soon as possible. According to fire safety officer fire station, Colonelganj, Shiv Daras Prasad, pumping stations for the fire department had begun with 22 water tanks but now only 10 under ground water tanks would be raised.

A team of fire department and KMC had identified the spots for under ground water tanks. The spots are, Orphanage Crossing, Tanga Stand, Maqbara Gwaltoli, Nawab Saheb Ka Hata, Pheel Khana, Haldhar Bajpai Park in Patkapur, Yahoda Nagar Road, Panki industrial area site number two, Karrahi Road, Rawatpur village, Tikunia Park, Bajaria.

He said that municipal corporation would also present two water bouser, each having a capacity of 12 thousand liter water.

KMC was also contemplating to construct a relay pumping station to enhance the pressure of water in case of any fire at densely populated areas of the city.

Fire safety officer informed that Britishers had laid a network of hydrants in entire city and those hydrants had separate water pipe lines to fight fire.

But all those hydrants have disappeared due to encroachment. And fire tenders had to bring water from distant places to douse the flames in fire incident. However, the new tanks would help the fire department in fighting the fire smoothly.