The Hindu 03.03.2010
Steps afoot to meet water needs in Nalgonda
Staff Reporter
| Contingency plan to be chalked out |
Collector reviews water supply, demand position with officials
Villages prone to drinking water shortage to be identified
NALGONDA: The district administration has mooted a contingency plan to check drinking water scarcity and ensure adequate supply of drinking water in the rural and urban areas in the district during the ensuing summer.
Collector S. A. M. Rizvi has reviewed the status of drinking water schemes and chalked out arrangements for meeting the drinking water requirements during summer with the officials concerned at a meeting held here on Tuesday.
Addressing the meeting, Mr. Rizvi asked the allied government departments and agencies to work in tandem and formulate comprehensive action plans for proper supply of drinking water till the end of summer.
He directed the municipal officials to remove illegal motors if any from the Pedda Devulapalli Cheruvu, the main drinking water source for Miryalaguda town, and take appropriate steps for preventing drinking water shortage during the next 4 months.
Requirement
The civic officials of Bhongir municipality informed the Collector that the town was receiving 30 lakh litres of drinking water from Sainikpuri metro water works as against the total requirement of 60 lakh litres per day. The remaining quantum of drinking water is being tapped from power bore wells and two open wells in the town, they said.
The Collector asked them to ensure early completion of the four overhead tanks under construction in the town.
The Suryapet municipal officials exuded confidence that the present water level at Anajipuram Cheruvu would meet the drinking water needs of the residents of the town for around 198 days.
The Nalgonda civic officials expressed their preparedness to meet the drinking water needs of the town to the tune of 180 lakh litres per day till August.
The Collector asked the Rural Water Supply officials to identify the villages prone to drinking water shortage division wise and utilise the funds earmarked for transportation of drinking water through tankers.
