Orders mapping of
water deficient areas, removal of illegal connections
RAJOURI, JULY 17: District
Development Commissioner Mohammad Aijaz Asad today chaired a meeting of PHE
Department to take stock of the water supply situation in the district.
Detailed
discussions were held to explore more sources of water. Confluence of Darhali
and Thananallah was suggested as source of water which can meet the requirement
of 22 Lakh gallons for Rajouri town.
The
meeting decided to dig up a bore well to meet the shortage of
water in the town.
The DC directed to
start tanker service in the areas facing shortage and
asked the department to mobilise all available resources to provide relief
to the general public.
The DC asked the
department to come up with a short term plan for meeting the shortage.
He also directed
the department to activate its enforcement wing to keep check on misuse of
drinking water for any other purpose.
The DDC fixed
deadline of one week for plugging of leakages in supply lines to prevent
wastage. He also directed the concerned to initiate drive for removal of illegal
connections from the feeders.
To devise an
effective strategy, the DDC directed for mapping of water stressed areas so
that water harvesting tanks and hand pumps can be provided to meet out the
shortage.
He also directed
for constituting a helpline to register the water scarcity complaints. JEEs
were asked to create whatsapp groups of employees to check their presence at
the place of their posting.
The DC further
directed for creating mass awareness about the judicious use of potable
drinking water.
The meeting was attended by CPO AH Chowdhary, Superintending Engineer
Hydraulic Circle Rajouri, Rafiq Khan, Executive Engineer PHE Division
Rajouri/Nowshera, Executive Engineer(mech) Ground water and Drilling Division
Jammu, Executive Engineer PHE Mechanical Division Rajouri along with
AEEs and JEEs.
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