Project to provide potable water inaugurated in Sivasagar

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SIVASAGAR: Sivasagar Deputy Commissioner Bishnu Kamal Bora formally inaugurated a project to provide home connection of potable water under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) at Teliadonga Village under Dikhoumukh Gaon Panchayat in Sivasagar district on Saturday.

Inaugurating the project, the Deputy Commissioner said that with the functioning of the project, people could now protect themselves from various diseases arising from drinking water. "To supply pure drinking water to every household within 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought the JJM scheme," he said.

He informed that prompt steps are being taken to reach this target in the Sivasagar district. Presently, the work of empowerment and addition of 173 drinking water supply schemes (Retrofitting) of the district is underway through the Public Health Engineering Department.

Besides, he also said that 126 new schemes have been received departmental approval. He mentioned that among the targets of drinking water housing connectivity to 61,766 families in the district, 9,053 families have been provided with drinking water housing connections.

He asked the departmental officers and the Panchayat issues and management committees to keep a sharp eye on the schemes. The deputy commissioner urged the local public to use drinking water and not wastewater. He requested the people to extend full cooperation in the successful implementation of the schemes.

The deputy commissioner also urged all attendees to take COVID vaccines as well as wash hands, use sanitiser, wear masks and follow social distancing to avoid COVID-19 infection.

Ananta Dutta, Assistant Executive Engineer of Amguri Sub-Sangal of PHE Department, Retired President of Charing Maniram Devan College, Bipul Barkataki, President of Dikhowmukh Gaon Panchayat along with divisional officials and some local people were present in the programme.

It is notable that, in parallel to the Teliadonga Water Supply Scheme, the inauguration of pure drinking water connection was done in Kowamara Handique Village and Sargua Gaon Panchayat under the Disangpar village panchayat of the district.

Meanwhile, Assam Education Minister and Guardian Minister of Sivasagar District Dr Ranoj Pegu reviewed the progress of pure drinking water home connection schemes under JJM in the presence of Commissioner Bishnu Kamal Bora at Circuit House on Saturday evening.

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