Water crisis in Devpuri, Cong submits memo to Collector

Raipur, April 15, 2013

DCC Raipur Rural president Pankaj Sharma, accompanied by residents of village Devpuri and Sai Vatika Residency of the area, submitted memorandum to Collector Siddharth Komal Pardeshi pertaining to water crisis in the locality on Monday.

Sharma informed that the people of Devpuri were facing acute water crisis for a long time and the condition aggravates during summer. 

Notably, several Devpuri residents were arrested when they had demonstrated strongly demanding proper drinking water supply in their area last year. 

Considering public agitation, although the district administration had made a makeshift arrangement of water supply through tankers in the area, it did not take firm step to permanently solve problem. 

Sharma informed that usually ponds, borewells and wells get dry in summer escalating water crisis problem in the locality. “By far, water in ponds was being filled through canals but now the ongoing construction works under Kamal Vihar project is obstructing water supply through this mode,” he added.

He asked the Collector to make immediate arrangement of water supply in Devpuri through tankers besides filing ponds, laying pipelines to provide tap connections to every house and installing taps at major road intersections. 

He warned the district administration of demonstrating with empty vessels if the problems of Devpuri residents would not be addressed quickly.

While submitting memorandum, Sharma was accompanied by Suresh Shukla, Hirendra Dewangan, Champalal Dewangan, Gangadhar Gilhare, Piyush Kosre, Dhanmat Deep, Umesh Sahu, Bhagwat Sahu, Surjeet Sahu, Bharat Yadav, Rati Sahu, Rekha Bai, Kamla Bai, Ghasin Bai, Geeta Bai, Anita Patel, Phoolkunwar, Devki Sahu, Padmini Sahu, Ganeshia Sahu, Sundri Dewangan, etc.