Bhubaneswar: The office of the Chief Minister (CMO) today decided to solve the drinking water related problems of Athagarh, Narsinghpur, Pipili and Athmallik blocks immediately.
At a review meeting attended by 5T Secretary V.K. Pandian, Panchayatiraj and Drinking Water Department Principal Secretary Sushil Kumar Lohani, it was decided that the department will monitor all under construction piped water supply projects in Narasinghpur and Athgarh and ensure timely completion of projects.
5T Secretary VK Pandian while visiting different districts received complaints of drinking water problems in different places.
Similarly, it was decided to take urgent steps to resolve problems in the ongoing piped water supply projects in Pipili. Security measures were ordered to be tightened to prevent illegal theft of water, especially upstream of the projects.
SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) will be implemented to detect and solve the problems immediately in the rural piped water supply schemes implemented across the state. It has been decided to provide more staff to speed up the projects as well as to continue power supply to all the projects.