In view of the rainy season, the Almora district administration has asked officials concerned to launch a sanitation drive across the district to check water borne diseases and to ensure supply of clean drinking water to the citizens, giving August 15 as deadline to the officials concerned of the jal nigam and jal sasthan to complete this sanitation exercise.
Directing the officials concerned of the jal nigam and jal sasthan to ensure supply of clean drinking water, Akshyat Gupta, District Magistrate, Almora, has said that keeping in view the ongoing rainy season the officials concerned must take necessary steps to ensure chlorination of all the water tanks , drinking water lines , reservoirs so that supply of clean drinking water could be ensured to the citizens across the district. Since possibility of various kind of diseases like diarrhoea, jaundice, cholera to name a few remains high during the rainy season, that is why cleanliness of all the drinking water lines, reservoirs, water overhead tanks o name a few must be done on priority basis, emphasiased the District Magistrate.
All the officials concerned are supposed to submit their progress reports on this cleanliness campaign to the collectorate by August 15, he asked the officials concerned of the jal nigam and jal sasthan. The matter of concern is that directions were also issued earlier to take necessary preventive measures to maintain quality of drinking water and cleanliness. Therefore, carelessness on part of the officials concerned in this regard would be taken seriously, the District Magistrate said.