Aiming to provide safe drinking water to the people Tata Steel’s West Bokaro Division has set up a ‘Water Filtration Plant’ at Banji village under Mandu Block of Ramgarh district.
Sanjay Kumar Singh, General Manager, West Bokaro Division, Tata Steel dedicated this plant to the villagers on Wednesday. To make safe and piped drinking water available to the villagers, the steel major has installed a Water Filtration Plant along with pipeline across the village with 375 tap points that will supply 4 lakh litres water daily to around 1875 persons in the village.
“Providing safe drinking water to villages for a healthy life has always been the thrust area for Tata Steel. I am sure that this filtration project will ensure sustainable supply of adequate and good quality water in the village”, said Singh, he was speaking during the inaugural eve of the plant.
The filtration plant will supply potable water to the villagers after treating the water at various stages, including sedimentation, coagulation, water softening and water chlorination. This water filtration plant along with the allied infrastructure will cater to the long standing need of the villagers for clean water for domestic use.
Beside others Mohan Mahato, President, Rastriya Colliery Mazdoor Sangh (RSMS), Nirankush Mishra, Secretary, RCMS, Sanak Ghosh, Chief, Quarry AB, West Bokaro, Tata Steel, Anand Kumar, Chief, Special Projects, West Bokaro, Tata Steel, Sarita Devi, Vice Chairman, Zilla Parisad and Kanchan Kumari, up-pramukh, Mandu block, Mr Amitabh Chandra Jha, Head, HRM, Tata Steel, Mahattam Prasad, Head, Project, Tata Steel including others were present during the occasion.