The Pioneer 17.05.2013
Holding number no longer must for water connection
Holding numbers are no longer a mandatory prerequisite for getting a water connection in Ranchi Municipal Area. The connection could be procured by submitting any kind of identity proof.This decision and many other important decisions to fight water crisis were taken on Thursday in the meeting of water board of Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC). The meeting was called in the backdrop of deepening water crisis and the Governor’s instructions few days back to fight it effectively.
Deputy Mayor Sanjeev Vijayvargiya said that there should not be unnecessary hiccups in procuring new water connection and therefore it was necessary to make the procedure easy.
In the first ever meeting of the Water Board after Vijayvargiya assumed office of Deputy Mayor the entire focus was on to make water available to people easily. For the same the board decided to immediately stop the ongoing drive against the illegal motor boring and shift the manpower to improve the availability of water.
“To check illegal borings and motors is a serious matter but to save people’s life and make available water is even more serious,” Deputy Mayor said. In order to repair the dysfunctional motors and failed borings the board will constitute six more teams of engineers and experts. The RMC has already eight teams of motor boring experts.
In order to ensure that no boring failure occurred in future the board decided to conduct no boring henceforth without properly measuring the water table in the concerned areas.
It has been decided to put one 2kl (2,000 liter) syntex and six stand points in slums across 55 wards in city so that the water could be made available to the poor section, who have no water connection.
The board decided to purchase 30 more syntexes which combined with the existing syntexes will enable the civic body to make water available in all 55 wards. Besides the board also decided to establish a helpline centre for registering complaint related to water crisis. The helpline number is 0651-2206205.
The helpline centre, apart from performing as a helpline will also serve as an extension of water board. It will be established at the ground level. The consumer can file their applications, make enquiries and other things related to water board at the ground floor itself.
“It will result in lesser number of people visiting directly into the water board office situated at the upper floors this would help reduce the interference of middle men while people come to procure water connection,” Deputy mayor said. People will no longer be able to purchase water from RMC in the first half of any working day.
“It is not prudent to sell water while the poor people have to cry for water. Make sure your resources are engaged in making water available for welfare causes in the first half of every working day,” the Deputy Mayor directed the water in-charge.
