No water on Mondays, Thursdays in several city pockets

TNN | Updated: Apr 15, 2020, 09:29 IST

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RANCHI: The district has decided to start water rationing in some parts the city from Thursday onwards as the water level in one of the three water reservoirs has receded.
In a notification, the water and sanitation department said parts of Ranchi will not receive drinking water on Mondays and Thursdays from February 16. It said the move has been necessitated as supply from Hatia dam will stop on these two days every week. Water levels in two catchment areas of the dam — Bero and Nagri — after a poor Monsoon last year, the notification said.
The dam, one of the three reservoirs in the state capital, feeds around two lakh residents of the city. The dam’s executive engineer, Riyaz Alam, said, “There will be no supply on Mondays and Thursdays in areas like HEC residential area, Hatia railway station, Ranchi airport, Birsa Chowk, Hinoo, Darzi Mohalla, Bandhu Nagar, Prakash Nagar, Gandhi Nagar and Shukla Colony.”
He added, “Areas under Doranda and North office water tank — Ashok Nagar, Harmu, Nivaranpur and Nepal House — will remain unaffected as they will be supplied from the Rukka Dam until further orders.”
The Hatia dam supplies nine million gallons of water per day to a population of around two lakh in its command area. HEC industrial area alone needs 0.5 million gallons per day for its smooth functioning.
Officials said the department is looking for alternate ways to streamline supply by exploring connectivity with nearby perennial rivers in the future. Notably, water and sanitation minister Mithilesh Thakur had directed department officials to explore ways to connect Hatia Dam with the North Koel river, a few weeks ago.
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