The denizens of lohardaga are facing the acute problem drinking water for last two months. Even in urban areas the residents are not getting the availability of potable which prompted DC Vinod Kumar for taking action.
Addressing the media persons he said, “It is the duty of the administration to provide clean water to the citizen. The district administration is fully concerned for it. This year both the rivers the Sankh and the Koel have got dried well before. But the administration is very much sensitive for this.”
Water is getting supplied through infiltration well in Koel River besides all 22 wards as many as 44 hand pumps. A DPR is being prepared by JUDCO Company for construction of infiltration gallery and wells.
“In urban areas two lakh gallon water is being provided in a day. In all 22 wards 50 lakhs gallon of water is being given per day. Out of 518 hand pumps in urban areas 494 are in running condition. All the possible efforts would be done to solve out the problems,” said the DC.
On the occasion Ranjeet Kumar Sinha, SDO Raj Maheshwaram, EE of PHED Reyaz Ahmad and others were present.