ALREADY 60 PERCENT POPULATION IS GETTING TAPPED DRINKING WATER, REST 40 PERCENT TO BE COVERED BY MARCH 2022
WORK TO SOON BEGIN ON CONSTRUCTION OF WATER WORKS IN 11 VILLAGES
Harinder NiKKa , Barnala, Feb 4:2021
All 74274 households of district Barnala will have access to tapped drinking water by March 2022. Under the Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar Safai Mission of the Punjab government all the houses would be able to attain tapped drinking water.
Already 60 percent of the population in district villages has access to tapped water. Villager Gamdur Singh from village Khiali said that the village had got a water works around 4 years ago, but not every villager had access to it. Village sarpanch Harpinderjit Kaur said that the poor were at the most receiving end. “Rich could still manage to have water pumps or other means to get drinking water. However, poor had no means to get. Now with the help from Punjab government we have been able to lay pipes for upto 250 households. Even the houses located on outskirts of village have been provided drinking water,” she says.
Similarly, villager Ruldu Singh from village Chung said that the village panchayat has recently completed works of laying drinking water pipes in the village and now boasts of connections to around 200 households. “Earlier, villagers had been drinking underground water, which had high fluoride content that created problem for bones. Tapped connections have brought in better health for people,” he said. Village sarpanch Mehnga Singh said that villagers also contribute to pay the power bill of water works whose payment ranges from Rs 7500 to Rs 8000 every month.
Deputy Commissioner Barnala Mr Tej Partap Singh Phoolka said that under the Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar Safai Mission of Punjab government drinking water and toilets are being ensured for each and every household in the district. He called upon people to come together and ensure that each one of them get the connections and also these should be well maintained.
XEN Water Supply and Sanitation Barnala Mr Gurwinder Singh Dhindsa added that the paper work for setting up water works at villages Bihla Khurd, Mallian, Mehta, Chananwal, Jwanda Pindi, Chhiniwal Kalan, Moom, Pandher, Sahour, Bidhate and Nangal has been completed. The work is expected to start soon. Once the works start, it would take 6 months for completion of each project.
