In an instant effort to give respite to people of the city in the grip of severe water crisis, the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has decided to push in 20 additional water tankers along with 306 hand pumps. A decision in this regard was taken during a high-level meeting on water crisis chaired by Urban Development Minister CP Singh at RMC on Monday.
After drafting out the feasibility, few major decisions have been taken to deal with the water crisis issue in the state capital. Presently, there are 47 water tankers with RMC and are catering to the needs of approximately 315 localities.
“The department will provide 10 tractors and is also planning to buy 20 more tankers for varied purpose and for additional utilisation which includes various social rituals. The service can be availed at a nominal cost. 306 hand pumps provisions has been made too to cater to the needs of water supply,” said, Urban Development Department, Minister, CP Singh.
“All the 55 ward councillors can provide list of affected areas to RMC, if they face any hindrance in water supply, in their respective areas. Urban Department personnel including the RMC personnel will visit Kanke dam to inspect the work in progress of de-silting on April 26. The department is also concerned about the pipeline project and is working on the feasible facets of project to complete it in the stimulated timeframe,” added Singh.
The proposal drafted out with the Urban Development department and RMC will cater to the need of maximum localities for the time being. The State’s groundwater directorate has confirmed that Jharkhand’s water table has dropped by an average of three meters between 2009 and 2010, from 17 meters to 20 meters.
As the State capital is facing acute water shortage, maximum areas in the city has been declared as dry zone. Gripped in early summer and after adopting few measures like water rationing, the RMC officials are on toes to provide relieve to denizens from water crisis as earliest as possible.
Ratu road, Harmu, Doranda, Dhurwa, Morabadi including few other areas is densely populated and has maximum water requirement. Notably, all these areas have been declared as dry zone and will require ample water supply in the coming months.
Town Commissioner Prashant Kumar, Mayor Asha lakra, Deputy Mayor Sanjeev Vijaywargia including other officials was present in the meeting.