Construction of one more Rapid Sand Filtration Plant for Ramban in tendering process SRINAGAR, AUGUST 29- Minister of State for Cooperatives, Dr. Manohar Lal today informed the Legislative Assembly that due to contamination of some Water Supply Schemes in Ramban constituency during rainy season, the water supply of drinking water during that period was stopped and drinking water to the people of the areas was provided through water tankers. Replying to a Calling Attention Notice by Mr. Ashok Kumar, the Minister informed that no complaint of occurrence of any water borne disease has come to the notice of the department till date. He said chlorination of water has been regularly made in service reservoirs. The Minister informed the provision for construction of filtration plant is kept in DPRs of such schemes where raw water is proposed to be tapped or lifted for drinking purposes. He said two Rapid Sand Filtration Plants at Ramban and Batote with capacity of 5000 gallons per hour are functional, besides, one slow sand filtration plant at Kunfer Chanderkote is also functional. He said the construction work of one more rapid sand filtration plant with capacity of 15000 gallons per hour for Ramban town is under tendering process.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:24:04 +0000