Collector Alarmelmangai D has issued instructions to the officials of Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) and Rural Development department to make necessary arrangement for the supply of drinking water to the people in summer.
In a meeting with the officials, the Collector asked them to ensure hand-pumps are working properly in the rural areas of the district. She told the ground level staff to immediately intimate the departmental officials if they found malfunctioning in any hand-pump. Besides, the Collector made it mandatory for departmental officials to ensure repairing of damaged hands pumps within 45 hours of getting complaint. She asked Sameer Goud, Executive Engineer PHED to monitor the hand-pumps.
The collector asked the Janpad Panchayat CEO to convene block-level meeting of PHED and CSPDCl officials to ensure uninterrupted water and power supply to the people.
She stressed for maximum use of solar water supply pump in the tribal and backward areas where it is hard to supply electricity. She also instructed for the use of rise pipes in the areas where water level has gone below.
The officials of CSPDCl were asked to provide three phase connection in Narainpur where people complain of low voltage to Chief Minister Raman Singh during his visit on April 27. Officials were also asked to supply water through Nal-Jal Yojana in Bhedwan, Faraswani and Khajri villages of Sarangarh.
District Panchayat CEO Nilesh Kshirsagar, Janpad and PHED officials were present in the meeting.