To review the potable water supply situation, School education minister Brijmohan Agrawal called a meeting of the official of concerned departments public health and engineering department and Raipur Municipal corporation in his residence in Shankarnagar on Thursday.
Expressing his anger and said that many parts of the city facing acute shortage of drinking water, he sternly warned all the concerned officials to make sure to restore the supply of water in affected areas within three day, else face the heat.
Agrawal said that Chief Minister himself is concerned and instructed to ensure the uninterrupted water supply to all parts of the State including capital city Raipur. He said that officers should take his instruction with seriousness. To ensure the adequate water supply to the residents of the Raipur city , State government has chalked out a detailed plan of worth Rs3 hundred crore and executed it, despite a big part of Raipur is facing shortage of water supplyIJ He said that even centrally located parts are remain bereft of water.
He instructed the collector Siddharth Komal Pardesi who was present in the meeting,
to form a committee comprising officials from PHE and RMC and ensure the Restoration of water supply in affected areas with three days at any cost. Present in the meeting were – Raipur development authority Sunil Soni, Chairman Raipur Municipal corporation Sanjay Shrivastav, leader of opposition Subhash Tiwari, Commissioner RMC, Taran Sinha and senior officials from PHE and RMC.
Agrawal said total of
seventeen new water tank have been built despite city is facing water shortage. He categorically instructed that till lying of new pipeline ensure water supply through old pipeline.
He said all the available tanks be filled to the capacity of the respective tanks. Minister stresses the need of more coordinated work among the officials of different department concerned to ensure the uninterrupted water supply in the Raipur city.
He said to the official to evolve a automatic system to ensure water supply
and make a detailed plan to acquire required resources for that. Sunil Soni, Sanjay Shrivastav and Subhash Tiwari have also expressed anger for not making
proper arrangement to ensure the uninterrupted water supply to many parts of the Raipur city.