Jalandhar, February 6 - With the concerted efforts of ChiefEngineer K.S. Saini, village Jamsher is all set to witness the biggest everwater supply scheme at an outlay of Rs. Two crores in the coming days.
Divulging the details, Executive Engineer of the departmentof water supply and sanitation Vijay Kumar said that village Jamsher is havinga population of about 10,000 and has seen a lot of expansion lately. Witharound 1700 houses, Jamsher is one of the largest villages of the district,therefore a new water supply scheme was chalked out to cater to the needs ofits inhabitants. He further added that the scheme had a bottleneck as itrequired a beneficiary share of Rs. 11 lakh. The executive engineer said thatthe Chief Engineer K.S. Saini personally visited the village and interactedwith the residents to sensitize them to join the scheme by paying thebeneficiary share. With constant counseling, the residents came forward, andsubsequently, within a few days, the department had collected a sum of Rs. 6.50lakh as beneficiary share.
Giving more information about the project, the executiveengineer Vijay Kumar stated that a new reservoir and two new tube-wells wouldbe installed under the project besides attaching the old reservoir with thisnew water supply scheme. He said that under the project all 1700 houses wouldbe provided with functional tap water connections as there are currently 798connections functional in the village. He added that the new reservoir with acapacity of two lakh liters of water to be constructed in the village.
Pointing out further, Chief Engineer North Zone K.S. Sainisaid that the project is becoming reality just because of the cooperation ofthe people of Jamsher. He said that without the beneficiary share it wasimpossible to go ahead with the scheme and that was the reason, he had visitedthe village to sensitize the people about the benefits of this water supplyscheme. The Chief Engineer mentioned that the villagers were made aware of thecontamination in groundwater and the need for this project to ensure portabledrinking water. As the department has collected more than 50 percent ofbeneficiary share, now the project is going to start soon, he added.