The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) is gearing up to address water scarcity issue with the help of new technology. The civic body has made online provision to provide water through tankers to the city residents. The service launched by Urban Development Minister, CP Singh on Monday in the presence of RMC officials will give respite to the residents during the scorching summer.
An individual can opt for online medium and get the required amount of water supplied through tankers after logging into the official website of RMC. A toll-free number (18001231526) has been launched for public convenience. For more details, city residents can log onto www.rmcwatertanker.com.
“Services can be availed at a nominal cost as per the requirement. For 2,000 liters, an individual has to pay `500. Similarly, for getting 4,000 liters and 6,000 liters of water, a person will have to pay `800 and `1000 respectively. To target maximum people and link them with a service, the corporation has also launched a mobile application service,” said, Deputy Mayor, Sanjiv Vijayawargia.
In addition, for four long months, the corporation will also supply water through tankers during the night hours. All these water tankers have been taken on rent at a nominal charge including a monthly license fees. “Earlier to meet the requirement, water was supplied free of cost through tankers on various social occasions and to BPl card holders. However, through online provision, there is no free provision as such,” added Vijayawargia.
Taking lessons from the water crisis situation that aroused in 2016 in the State Capital that has eventually triggered the concept of adopting rain water harvesting concept both at individual household and commercial belts, RMC this year is brainstorming on several other ways to reduce water woes.
Moreover, this is also an alternate initiative to boost up water supply in all the localities where water is recklessly being pumped out in the name of ponds beautification that will eventually intensively hit the ground water level of that specific area, as per the environmentalist.