Dehradun

Potable water project brings hope to Tehri villagers

Vinod Chamoli

The residents of about 90 villages in laloor Patti in Tehri district are hopeful of their demand for potable water being met by the laloor water pumping project being built by the Peyjal Nigam. This project, expected to be completed next month, will supply water to about 90 villages in laloor Patti area of the district.

A sum of about Rs eight crore has already been spent on the project that is estimated to cost about Rs 14. 41 crores and with the completion of the project which is scheduled in the month of July, the villagers will have ample drinking water to quench their thirst here.

Around 90 villages and 20-Government schools are expected to benefit from the project once it is completed in the next month as per schedule. The Peyjal Nigam executive engineer Sanjay Kumar said, “That the project is being built under the supervision of the corporation which is keeping a close eye on the quality of material being used in the project.