As part of its continued social initiatives, the Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) has started supplying potable water through tankers to 30 periphery villages of the IB Thermal Power Station in Jharsuguda. Beginning from April 6, the water supply facility by the OPGC will continue till July 21. It can also get extended further depending upon the arrival of monsoon.
As many as seven tankers are deployed to cover the 30 villages under Telenpali, Dalagaon, Kusuraloi, Kumarbandh, Piplikani, Remanda and Rampela gram panchayats. Each villager is given with 20 liters of drinking water, per day which makes it to total 15,000 liters of water supply everyday. The water supply facility is in addition to the OPGC’s round-the-year water supply through pipeline to 17 periphery villages of the IB Thermal Power Station.