The perennial water woes of Jharia residents are likely to be resolved soon. Thanks to the comprehensive scheme worth Rs 316 crore for laying down 389 km pipeline and construction of water treatment plant (62.5 million litres), the locals will now face no problem in having water from river Damodar reach their household.
At present, the residents face water crisis, because of repeated leakage in the old supply pipelines that had been laid more than 50 years back. But with the foundation stone for the above-mentioned project being laid today by Jharia MLA, Purnima Singh at Jamadoba in Jharia, the residents can heave a sigh of relief.
The 18-month-long project of the Urban Development department also entails the construction of an intake well at Jamadoba on the bank of river Damodar besides constructing 14 pump houses and a compound wall of 1150 meters.
A 5.5 km road will also be developed around Topchanchi Lake situated around 37 km of Dhanbad under the same project to ensure the smooth running of vehicles around the lake in a bid to attract a large number of tourists.
Talking to media at the sidelines of the foundation laying function, Singh said, “Though some work concerning the project like laying of the compound wall had been initiated, the Covid constraints, however, stalled some main work like pipeline laying and construction of Water Treatment Plant. We are expecting the work to be completed within the allotted time.”
“This project aims to solve the water woes of Jharia residents to a great extent caused due to leakages in water supply pipes or also due to the non-functional motors or pumps at the old water treatment plant of Jharkhand Mineral Area Development Authority,” said Singh.
Notably, JMADA supplies over 176 lakh litres of River Damodar water through its Jamadoba-based water treatment complex to Jharia and Katras out of which around 105 lakh litres of water is supplied to Jharia and adjoining areas through a 12 million gallon per day capacity Water Treatment plant while remaining around 71 lakh litres is supplied to Kendua, Putki, Moonidih and other areas of Katras.
