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(A) ANGUL NAC
The present quantum of water supply to the Angul Town is 2.90 MLD
against the total demand of 3.22 MLD @ 100 Lpcd. Majority of the water
supply comes from the Raniguda Water Tank. Presently, the water is being
pressure-filtered after localized mixing of alum and somewhat chlorination
through the bleaching powder. Besides, there are 14 production wells and 149
running hand pump tube wells (111 of PHD +32 sunk by the TADA + 6 sunk by
the NAC) to supplement the water supply to the town.
For the long term, a scheme for
`augmentation of quality water supply to the Angul Town' (sanctioned vide
letter No.38702 Dt. 28.11.98 of the H.& U.D. Department) has been
taken up through the Orissa Water Supply and Sewerage Board (OWS & SB),
Bhubaneswar. Though the scheme was administratively approved vide letter No.
38702 dt.28.11.98 for Rs. 1234.65 Lacs (Rs.3.70 Cr. as margin money from
the Govt. + Rs. 8.65 Cr. as loan from the HUDCO), due to financial
constraint, it is planned to be executed in two phases. For the 1st phase
administrative approval, the Board has sent the scheme to the Govt. in
Finance Deptt. for concurrence. The foundation stone for the work has
already been laid by Hon'ble Ex-Union Minister of State, Agriculture, Animal
Husbandry & Dairying Dr. Debendra Pradhan on 15.08.2000. The tendering
process for construction of the 14 MLD treatment plan near the jail has
completed and the work is awarded to the M/S SICO Environmental Ltd.,
Calcutta. Design for the work is under scrutiny at Viswaswaray Regional
College of Engineering, Nagpur. Sri Bhagaban Sahoo, Executive Engineer, (PH)
has joined as Project Engineer to oversee the work.
As an immediate short term
measure for improving the quality of water supply from the Raniguda tank,
bamboo screens have been fixed at the entrance of the intake well.
Installation of a bleaching dosing pump for chlorination etc. has been
completed.
As regards the en-route treatment of
the waste water mixing into the Raniguda tank, necessary survey has been
completed by the OWS&SB. They have prepared an estimate for Rs.25 Lacs for
treatment of water on localized basis and utilization of the treated water
for development of a park proposed to be taken up by the NAC near the L.I.C.
office, Similipara. An amount of RS. 5 Lacs has been kept in the budget,
which may be released early to start the work.
In order to deal with the problem of
the inadequate water supply to the Bazar area, an exploratory tube well at
Ghasisahi, Hulurisinga has been energized on 02.10.2000. As a result
of this supply of additional 0.25 MLD good quantity and quality of water has
become possible to the scarcity prone area of the Angul Bazar and
Hemasurpara.
In order to deal with the
possible drinking water scarcity during the drought like situation
and in summer, proposal for sinking 20 tube wells for the Angul NAC
area, 20 tube wells for the Talcher Municipality area and 10 tub wells for the
Athamallik NAC area was sent to Govt.
Against this, only 03
tubewells for Angul NAC, 06 for Talcher Municipalty and 11 for Athamallik
NAC have been received, all of which have been completed.
Besides, 4 out of
total 7 production wells have been successfully sunk.
(B) TALCHER MUNICIPALITY
In the Talcher
municipal area, against the water demand of 3.42 MLD @ 100 Lpcd, currently
only 1.78 MLD water is being supplied. Out of the total 21 wards, only 14
wards are connected by the existing water supply system. Besides 72 tube
wells are in operation.
A revised estimate amounting to Rs. 5.04 Cr. has been prepared in the
light of the present requirement of the town and submitted to the Chief
Engineer, PH Orissa, Bhubaneswar by S.E. PH Circle, Cuttack vide his letter
No. 2630 dt. 27.05.2000. The proposal has covered water supply to the
remaining seven wards of the Municipality.
During its last Peripheral Development Committee Meeting held on 28.05.2000,
the MCL has agreed to release an amount of Rs. 50.00 Lacs for the Talcher
water Supply Scheme. Against this, it has already deposited an amount of Rs.
25.00 Lacs on 27.11.2000 with the OWS&SB.
For the 4.00 MLD capacity water treatment plant at Talcher, administrative
approval has been received from the H&UD. Deptt. Govt. of Orissa vide
their letter No.32750 dt. 09.11.2000 to start the work with available funds
of 50 Lacs contributed by MCL. Foundation stone for the work has been laid
by the Hon'ble Ex-Union Minister of State , Agriculture, Animal Husbandry,
Dairing, Dr. Debendra Pradhan on 14.08.2000. Site has already been selected.
Soil testing has been conducted by the Central Laboratory (R&B), Cuttack.
In order to increase the water supply, the pumping hours of the water supply
were increased from 18 to 20 hours at headworks during the summer.
The length of thye riser pipes of requisite tube wells was extended to yield
the adequate water from the hand pumps during the summer.
During the current year, 16 number of tube wells have been sanctioned by the
Government in H&UD Deptt. to take care of the immediate water supply crisis.
Out of this, 05 tubewells have already been sunk and work for the remaining
in under progress.
(C) ATHAMALLIK NAC
All the tube wells alloted during the current year has already been
installed.
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