As many as 54 villages of Navagarh block in the district would be receiving pure drinking water from Shivnath river. The cost of the project is around Rs 63 crore and 43 per cent of work has already been completed, officials stated.
The project is one of the three community water supply projects being taken up in a total of 152 villages in the development blocks of Saja, Navagarh and Bemtara in the district.
The water supply for the project would be made by constructing an Intake well at Nandghat Anicut on Shivnath river. last month the State government informed that water salinity in 41 villages under Saja block of Bemetara district will be resolved as 58 percent work of ‘Community Water Supply Scheme’ has been completed.
As per the scheme, water from Shivnath River will be provided to the affected villages through Khamariya Anicut. The water supply scheme in Saja is a part of Public Health Engineering Department’s project worth Rs 38.25 crore in which 152 villages under Navagarh, Bemetara and Saja block will be benefitted.
Public Health Engineering (PHE) Minister Ramsevak Paikra had recently directed officials concerned of the Department to complete works under the scheme within stipulated time duration and evaluate the quality of water tanks being constructed under the scheme.
As per information received, about 23 percent construction work of 5 MlD (Million litres Per Day) water purification plant taking shape at village Singhori of Saja has been completed while construction of three Master Balance Reservoir at village Padumsara and Singhori is inching towards completion. Similarly, 55 percent work of Barga reservoir has been completed.
Under this scheme, 72 km long supply line will be laid to provide water in villages from Master Balance Reservoir, informed officials, adding that 55 km supply line has been laid.
“As many as 27 overhead water tanks are to be constructed under Saja Community Water Supply Scheme, of which construction of 16 tanks is underway while 11 existing tanks will be included in the project,” added officials.
With the objective to ensure availability of clean drinking water in Bemetara district, the Chhattisgarh government has approved amount of Rs 16.55 crore under 'Water Augmentation Scheme'.
With implementation of this scheme, people in some parts of the district reeling under the problem of water salinity would be able to receive clean drinking water from Shivnath river.