The Ernakulam district administration on Thursday chalked out a long-term water supply programme for increasing water availability and ensuring quality of water supplied within city limits.
The plan, to be implemented in 40 panchayats, envisages supply of drinking water using tanker lorries and by establishing distribution centres at various points. It stipulates setting up of a water collection centre in each panchayat, where distribution of water will be regulated by the local body concerned. Addressing a meeting to review the drought relief measures, district collector M.G. Rajamanickam asked the ground water department to find out at least one sustainable water resource in each Panchayat. He also issued strict directions to regulate water supply based on reports from tahsildars.
Further, steps have been initiated to intensify checks on the quality of water at the source of collection and a team comprising officials from the health, food safety and revnue departments has been formed. Directions have been issued to seize the vehicles not complying with the safety directions. The authority also proposes to commission in part the Kadamakkuday–Varappuzha drinking water project next month. A meeting to expedite laying of pipelines at Thanthonnithuruthu in Vypeen will be also convened.
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