Water motor defect continues, parched Jamshedpur residents face problem

Jamshedpur, September 1: Water supply to 1140 houses of the colony has come to a complete standstill for the last 48 hours due to burning of the motor of the filter plant of Bagbera Housing Colony Water Supply Scheme located at Adityapur  roundabout.

Due to which the population of about 20 thousand is affected.

In festivals like Raksha Bandhan, the residents of Bagbera Colony had to struggle for water. At the same time, Rs 1 crore 88 lakh has been allocated by the government to the department for the construction of a new filter plant.

Tender has been floated and the agency has also been appointed after getting it done, but the work of the new filter plant has not been started yet.

Executive Engineer of Drinking Water and Sanitation Department Sumit Kumar had told the reporter last days that the work of new filter plant will be started from August 28 but the work has not started yet.

The motor of the filter plant of Bagbera Housing Colony Water Supply Scheme got burnt for the second time in a week.

In this regard, mukhiya Rajkumar Gaur said that due to the old wiring and system in the filter plant, the motor is burning again and again, due to which people are facing problems. It costs about 40 thousand rupees to repair the motor once.

At the same time, no technical assistance is being provided by the department and panchayat do not have enough funds to install a new motor and pump along with the entire system.

Recently, in the review meeting of the Zilla Parishad, it was said to start the work of the new filter plant as soon as possible. So that there can be a permanent solution to the water problem of Bagbera Housing Colony.