Newindpress, 20th March, 2008
BHAWANIPATNA: With summer round the corner, the Kalahandi district administration has promised to make things comfortable for the common man. The administration at a preparatory meeting decided to meet any heat-related eventualities in the district.According to reports, 388 tube-wells are defunct in the rural pockets of the district while the number is 112 in three urban areas. All these tube-wells need immediate repair and attention in a fortnight, the officials at the meeting said.However, the urbanites are bound to suffer this summer. Problems like non-supply of riser pipes have made the repair job difficult in urban areas. The supplier is unable to provide the same as the market price of the pipes has increased but the EPM directory has not yet come up with revised rate.On the other hand, the pipe water supply scheme in Junagarh and Kesinga urban areas are hanging fire since long. In Kesinga, 24-hour water supply under RLTAP State Window at an estimated Rs 6.97 crore is unable to see the light of the day due to supervisory problems despite the availability of pipes. In Junagarh, the work started three years back has not progressed inviting public wrath.District Collector Pramod Chandra Patnaik chaired the preparatory meet which was also attended by the officials of the Health Department, PHD and RWSS besides elected representatives.It was decided to repair defunct tube-wells on a war-footing, open Jalchhatra in NAC, municipality and panchayat level, keep a ward in district headquarters hospital ready to admit sunstroke patients.
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