Senior Minister and in-charge of Hazaribagh district, Saryu Roy held a meeting with the district officials and people’s representatives of the district at Suchna Bhawan to discuss on the water crisis in the district on Tuesday. He said that the Jharkhand government is committed to provide drinking water to everyone.
After listening to the problems raised by different peoples’ representatives of the district and resources available to the district administration Roy said that by proper management the issue can be dealt handled. He instructed the officials to immediately repair the hand pumps which are not working due to some minor or major problems. He also instructed the officials to repair the pipelines and water tanks so that wastage of water can be avoided.
Talking about the problem Roy said that last year the state received less rainfall that is why this problem has aroused. Advocating about the need of short term and long term schemes to solve the problem, he informed that the DPR of bringing Konar Dam’s water to Hazaribagh has been approved by the government. As per the suggestions given by different peoples’ representatives he directed the district administration to transport water by tankers to those areas where the situation is grim.
MlA Barkattha Janki Yadav, MlA Mandu Jaiprakash Bhai Patel, MlA Barhi Manoj Yadav, MlA Barkagaon Nirmala Devi, Sadar MlA Manish Jaiswal, Mayor Anjali Kumari, Deputy Mayor Anand Dev and MP’s representative Dr. Surendra Sinha suggested to take help of organizations like CCl, NTPC, DVC etc. to fight with this problem. He instructed the district administration to talk with the organizational heads on this issue.
DC Mukesh Kumar informed that out of 162 micro water supply units 139 are in working state and the district administration is trying its best to provide drinking water to the worst affected areas through these micro systems. He also informed that the state government has provided an amount of Rs. 2 crores only which is very less in comparison to the crisis but the administration is managing the amount in such a way that every denizen should get water during this summer.