The residents of Brahmapur and its adjoining areas have reasons to cheer as they will no longer face the problem of water crisis after January next which they have been facing for decades.
Attending a review committee meeting at Chhatrapur on Thursday, the Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Department and District Nodal Secretary G Mathi Vathanan cautioned the concerned officials that any deviation or delay in supply of pipe drinking water to the residents of Brahmapur from Janibila water project would no longer be tolerated.
He further asked the officials that the supply of pipe water to the residents of Brahmapur from Janibila water reservoir must resume latest by January 2019, failing which action would be taken on the erring officials responsible for delay in implementation of the project in public interest.
He reportedly fixed the timeframe for each and every work associated with completion of the mega project. According to information available, the installation of pipe work from Janibila to Jagadalpur covering a distance of 58 km has been scheduled for completion by the end of November along with the completion of construction work of intake-well at Janibila.
Sources said that installation of pipe covering only 37km so far has been completed.
Mathi Vathanan also instructed to complete the work of on-going water treatment plant at Jagadalpur by November.
He also further instructed the officials to complete the distribution of “Patta” of the land to all the poor and landless people residing in the urban areas on priority basis expeditiously in a stipulated time frame.
He cautioned the officials to ensure the quality and standard of on-going construction work of all the roads, drainage, and community centers which are being constructed under “Urnnati” scheme.
Use of polythene and open defecation in public places must be completely prohibited by October 2 in all the districts, he told.
He advised all the Executive Officers to ensure that, the construction work of community toilets should be completed before October 2 and take steps to sensitise the public thorough awareness programme, more particularly in rural and slum areas.
He also instructed the officials to sanction loan to all the enlisted women SHGs under “Odisha Jeebika Mission” programme.
Similarly, Southco was asked to complete the pending electrification work of the remaining 849 villages of the district by September 30.
The CDMO was instructed to ensure that all the 570 types of medicines approved under Niramaya Yojana are made available round the clock in the hospitals.
The district administration was also instructed to ensure that the on-going construction work of 1,500 seated Biju Pattnaik Adarsh Abasika Vidyalaya for SC and ST students near Palur Hill is completed by October.