In order to manage regular water supply, Ranchi DC Rai Mahimapat Ray instructed official of Ranchi Municipal Corporation to ensure timely supply of water maintaining the schedule list. Ray ordered the officials to identify the locations that witness water crisis much more in comparison to other localities.
Notably, since past one month, the Municipal Corporation has been supplying water through tankers in different locations in accordance with a set schedule. Also, irregular water supply at different areas has forced the senior officials to brainstorm on different measures to resolve the issue at the earliest.
During the meeting with the officials of Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) and Department of drinking water and sanitation here on Saturday, Ray instructed the officials to devise on the ways to provide water to the
city residents handling all major stumbling blocks.
Meanwhile, the officials of Department of Drinking water and Sanitation informed the senior officials of the district that through water pumps during the peak hours supply water is sucked which results in uneven distribution of supply water among the public who have taken the connection of the Municipal Corporation.
“Often during the peak hours, areas where power supply is constant, city residents there uses water pumps to suck supply water hence as a result maximum city residents do not get sufficient water on time despite having water supply connection,” said an official of Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Meanwhile, Executive Engineer (EE) of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Rukka Division said that due to technical default, the problem of irregular supply persisted for long which has been addressed. “In the initial stage of new project — Urban Water Project, some technical fault arouse for which 36 long hours were taken to resolve the technical default. However, all technical glitches have been sorted out and normal supply of water from Rukka will be started soon.”
Furthermore, to ensure normal water supply in all the localities, Ranchi DC has ordered the EE of Electricity Department to ensure power cut during the scheduled hours of water supply. Besides, brainstorming on the measures to provide sufficient water to major population especially to those residing in the dry belts, officials of the Municipal Corporation have been asked to strengthen the control room setup for receiving the grievances while ensuring early disposal of all complaints related to water crisis in a time bound manner.
Along with the senior officials of district administration, officers of RMC including EE of Gonda, Booti, Rukka, Hatia divisions were present during the meeting. The follow-up meeting regarding water crisis and regular power cuts during the peak hour was called soon after the launch of toll-free number to make senior officials of the district administration aware about the steps being taken up at different level to address all vital problems in ensuring proper water supply.