Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 21 : Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla today laid foundation stone of Rs 3.41 crore Water Supply Scheme (WSS) at Trikuta Nagar in Sector -3 taken up under Basant Vihar WSS.
The 15000 gallon per hour discharge capacity deep drill tubewell project would meet the drinking water requirements of Basant Vihar, Bhawani Vihar, Laxmi Enclave, Chopra Lane, Kho Wali Gali, Manyal Lane, Marakadi, Trikuta Nagar Extension and Adarsh Enclave areas having a population of 7500 souls.
Addressing a large gathering after laying the foundation, Mr. Bhalla said that with the commissioning of tubewell in April 2013, there localities would facilitate with adequate drinking water supply in three times a day. He called upon the people to use water judiciously.
The Minister said Government has issued instructions to the PHE and ERA officers to put their all out efforts in providing adequate drinking water facilities to water scarcity hit areas by digging deep drill tubewells and hand pumps. He said there was no constraint of funds under PHE and ERA sectors.
Mr. Bhalla said Government has recently dedicated an additional 50000 gallon per hour discharge capacity filtration plant at Boria in Bahu Fort area. He said that on the commissioning of filtration plant at Boria across the river Tawi, adequate drinking water in Bathindi, Nowabad, Doongian, Reika, Trikuta Nagar, Kiryani, Shanker Nagar, Channi Rama, Sainik Colony, Thanker, Rajiv Nagar and Nowabad would be supplied to the residents of these areas. He said with the commissioning of additional filtration beds approximately 9 lakh gallon per day water will be added to the existing system which will provide respite to the people especially water deficit areas of his home constituency.
Regarding development issues, the Minister said that during four of the present regime, unprecedented development has been witnessed across the State. He said that during this period, several projects in the PHE and irrigation sectors have been taken in hand. He asked the executing agencies to make optimum use of funds and complete the left out projects under PHE, ERA, Irrigation and Flood Control sectors in a time bound manner.
He urged the people to personally monitor the development works being executed in their respective areas.
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