Mayor Asha lakra has appealed to the consumers using water connection in Ranchi to install meters so that more and more people could get benefited from it. lakra was speaking during a meeting with the officials of Ranchi Municipal Corporation and other departments related to water supply in the city for the work done under missing link of water pipelines here on Tuesday.
“As per the records of RMC, there is a total of 43,500 water connections in Ranchi out of which only 27000 people have installed water meters in their homes,” said the Mayor. Others must also install meters in their homes so that more and more people could get benefitted out of it,” said lakra. She said that new pipeline was being laid from Nayasarai and Hatia Dam.
lakra during the meeting also directed all ward councilors to identify land for water towers to be constructed in their wards and make a visit with the representatives of the company. She also directed the officials to expedite construction of water towers, which has already been approved. She was of the view that people of Ranchi must be provided uninterrupted supply of water during this holy month of Ramadaan and directed the officials to take steps in this regard so that no one has to face problems during ‘Iftaar’ and ‘Sehri.’
Disappointed with the answers related to water being supplied from Rukka Dam, she said that she will personally visit the dam to take stock of the actual situation at 8 am in the morning.
During the meeting, she was told by the officials that 235 mld water was being supplied to Ranchi and also informed by PHED officials that they did not have funds for repairing as funds has not been released by the department.
Project Manager of NJSI and Assistant Project Manager Pankaj Kumar said that there was a proposal of laying 334 km of new pipelines in the State. The Mayor also directed the officials to put alum in water to purify it to which they assured her to take steps in this regard.The meeting was also attended by Deputy Municipal Commissioner Sanjay Kumar and officials of PHED.