Deoghar Civic Body: Deoghar civic body’s nod must to dig borewells | Ranchi News
Dumka: Residents of the Deoghar temple town will now need to seek permission from the local municipal corporation to dig domestic borewells for their water requirements following depletion in the groundwater levels.
Under the new rules, municipal commissioner Yogendra Prasad’s nod is needed to dig borewells. Prasad, who held a meeting with his officials on Friday to discuss water supply situation in the 36 wards, expressed concern over the depleting groundwater level, particularly in the surrounding areas of Babadham.
Speaking to TOI, Prasad said a six-member committee led by the executive engineer was constituted during Friday’s meeting to oversee, verify the borewell applications, and recommend them.
“The committee will make recommendations after verifying the borewell applications and assessing the groundwater level in the respective localities,” he said, adding that the groundwater level in a vast area of the temple town was depleting at an alarming level.
In such a situation, indiscriminate exploitation of groundwater won’t be allowed any further and those found violating the directive would be punished, the commissioner added.
The water supply in most of the wards of the Deoghar municipal corporation spread across a 119 sqkm area is largely dependent on the pipeline network from the Ajay and Darhwa rivers.
Prasad said the residents of Deoghar and other neighbouring parts would receive adequate water after the completion of the Punasi reservoir project, the work of which is on.
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Under the new rules, municipal commissioner Yogendra Prasad’s nod is needed to dig borewells. Prasad, who held a meeting with his officials on Friday to discuss water supply situation in the 36 wards, expressed concern over the depleting groundwater level, particularly in the surrounding areas of Babadham.
Speaking to TOI, Prasad said a six-member committee led by the executive engineer was constituted during Friday’s meeting to oversee, verify the borewell applications, and recommend them.
“The committee will make recommendations after verifying the borewell applications and assessing the groundwater level in the respective localities,” he said, adding that the groundwater level in a vast area of the temple town was depleting at an alarming level.
In such a situation, indiscriminate exploitation of groundwater won’t be allowed any further and those found violating the directive would be punished, the commissioner added.
The water supply in most of the wards of the Deoghar municipal corporation spread across a 119 sqkm area is largely dependent on the pipeline network from the Ajay and Darhwa rivers.
Prasad said the residents of Deoghar and other neighbouring parts would receive adequate water after the completion of the Punasi reservoir project, the work of which is on.
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