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CM Sai today held a high-level review meeting of the Public Health Engineering and Water Resources Department held at the Ministry. During this, he directed the officials to implement all necessary measures on priority to ensure proper and continuous availability of drinking water across the state during summer. CM Sai said that it is our primary responsibility to provide uninterrupted and safe drinking water to every citizen of the state during summer. For this, coordination between all departments and public participation is essential. He stressed that there is a need to take concrete and decisive steps towards water conservation to deal with the water crisis, so that the state can remain safe from any situation of water crisis in the coming times.
Keeping in mind the summer conditions, CM Sai has declared the availability of drinking water across the state as the top priority of the state government. He gave clear instructions to the concerned officials to take any possibility of water crisis seriously and ensure quick and coordinated action. In this direction, the CM directed the Rural Development, Urban Administration, Energy, Forest and Agriculture departments to work in coordination with each other.
He said that short-term and long-term strategies are equally necessary to solve the drinking water problems arising in the state. For this, he emphasized on rapidly promoting effective water conservation measures such as recharge pits, rain water harvesting and solar energy based pumps. Also, he instructed to keep a strict vigil on uncontrolled exploitation of groundwater and encourage the cultivation of low water-consuming crops, so that balanced use of water resources can be ensured.
CM Sai instructed the officials that instead of limiting themselves to offices, they should go to the field and assess the situation themselves and ensure prompt resolution of drinking water related problems on the spot.
The CM directed that within the next 15 days, a special campaign should be launched across the state to ensure the repair of all hand pumps and public taps. He said that at many places, hand pumps have only minor technical problems, which if repaired by a local mechanic in time, can save citizens from unnecessary trouble.
During the meeting, it was informed that for the quick execution of this work, the state government has made special arrangements of mobile van units across the state, which will remain active in the field for the next four months and will carry out the maintenance and repair work on priority basis.
CM Sai said that it is the primary responsibility of the state government to ensure the continuous availability of clean drinking water in both the hilly and plain areas of the state. He told the officials that for this, water conservation measures should be promoted in accordance with the local geo-natural conditions, so that long-term solutions can be ensured. He also gave clear instructions to ensure the availability of water for wild animals in the summer season.
The CM also directed that Amrit Sarovars across the state should be developed as models of water management so that they can become successful examples of water harvesting, rainwater conservation and community participation. Emphasizing the need to remove encroachments around ponds and reservoirs on priority, he said that protecting water sources is not only an administrative responsibility but also a collective social responsibility.
