Katra getting 6 lakh gallons of potable water daily : Sham Lal Chowdhery

‘Existing WSS being augmented to meet additional demand’

5 Dariya News

Katra 19-Jan-2017

Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Sham Lal Choudhary informed the House that pilgrim Town Katra is getting 6 lakh gallons of potable water daily from the water supply scheme fed by Dhasar Nallah.He said the Government is mulling to upgrade the infrastructure of the   existing scheme to further augment the potable water supply to the town.Giving details, the Minister said the existing scheme was approved under STF during the year 2011-12 at an estimated cost of Rs 47.00 crore for improvement and augmentation of water supply to Katra town and its surrounding areas. He said the scheme was designed to meet the requirement of drinking water for the local population as well as the Yatries visiting the Holy Shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi Ji.Replying to a  question by Jugal Kishore Sharma in the  Upper House, the Minister  informed  that  funds allotted  to  WSS Katra was  utilized in  full and  pipes of 47799 meters of different dia  were laid under  the  jurisdiction of water supply besides  Rs 2.00 crore expended  on  mechanical works  of the  said water supply scheme.The Minister  said  that  all the reservoirs  have been constructed  under the  WSS  for  pilgrims town Katra from Dhansar Nallaha  as proposed in the DPR and feeding the proposed areas  for which the scheme has been executed. He said no rules have been violated by the department.The Minister informed that  the water supply scheme provides  six lakh gallons of water per day adding the scheme  requires infrastructure up- gradation and the department  needs 19.00 crore which Planning department has agreed to provide.