Month: January 2023

Maharashtra: Lakh of well owners extracting groundwater for commercial and industrial use do not turn up to obtain CGWA NoC

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MUMBAI: Despite the central groundwater authority (CGWA) ultimatum to well owners in residential, commercial, government and industrial set-upsin urban areas of the state to obtain its permission for using well water for commercial or industrial use by March 31, 2022, only five establishments have applied for from Mumbai while a total 191 from across the state have done so. They together have paid Rs 1.96 crore late fees while applying for it.

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Shockingly there are official figures of around 20,000 wells in Mumbai alone and estimates suggest that there could be 20 lakh wells across Maharashtra with 1 lakh alone from MMR. That means over 99% of such well users have turned a blind eye towards the diktat. As per law it is mandatory for well owners, including those of individual residents and government bodies, to seek CGWA permission before digging and extracting groundwater from them for commercial and industrial use.

If calculated, the penalty and environment damage compensation, as mandated by CGWA in the absence of NoC post March 2022 from all such establishments, would run into whopping Rs 50,000 crore to Rs 1 lakh crore, says crusader against misuse of groundwater and RTI activist Sureshkumar Dhoka who obtained the details of applications from CGWA authorities through an RTI application.

Upon Dhoka’s constant perusal to unravel the rackets operating in illegal groundwater extraction and supply business, for the first time state groundwater authority — Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) — has directed the newly appointed district authorities in Mumbai to take legal and penal actions against various parties involved in illegal extraction and sale of groundwater mainly including the well and tanker owners.

A letter shot by MWRRA secretary Dr. Ramnath Sonawane has pointed out to the officer’s hundreds of cases of groundwater theft and illegal sale brought to the fore by Dhoka. Since making Maharashtra Groundwater development and management regulations effective from June 2014, there were no empowered officers till recently to investigate and take lawful action against those involved. Now, they can also recover environmental damage compensation from well and tanker owners indulging in illegal practices and have powers to monitor the actions being taken by civic and government bodies against such illegal operators.

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It may be mentioned here that Mumbai police have registered probably India’s first and biggest groundwater theft case worth over Rs 80 crore at Pandya Mansion in Bomanji Master Lane in South Mumbai. There are several cases of alleged water theft against the contractors working on various projects assigned by the government agencies besides those illegally operating in commercial and industrial sectors. According to Dhoka if considered penalty, late fees, restoration charges and environmental damage compensation for last 20-25 years, on an average each well-owner indulging in such thefts would be liable to pay minimum Rs 15-20 crore to Rs 50 crore to the CGWA.

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Publish On: May 2 , 2022.

 

Rainwater harvesting system is now mandatory in government buildings

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Lucknow: It will now be mandatory to install rainwater    harvesting system on all the government buildings of the state. Be it government buildings or private hospitals, engineering colleges will also set up rainwater harvesting plants to save drop by drop of water. Water Power Minister Swatantra Dev Singh gave such instructions at the office of Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply Department in Gomtinagar on Tuesday. He had come here to review the plans of the Ground Water Department.

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The Minister of Jal Shakti stressed upon the officers of the department to strictly install rainwater harvesting system in all government buildings and to follow it compulsorily. It is worth mentioning that from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to Prime Minister Narendra Modi are strict about rainwater harvesting in Uttar Pradesh, while complete arrangements for rainwater harvesting have not been made even in the government buildings of Uttar Pradesh. In such a situation, Jal Shakti Department is working on it very seriously, so that water conservation can be done through rainwater harvesting.

Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh told the officials that he would also inspect government buildings during his visit to the districts. If they do not get rainwater harvesting plants on government buildings, they will also take action. In the meeting, he also ordered to honor the officers and employees who did better work. For this, instructions were also given to complete the process of selection of one junior engineer, three junior engineers from each district and one executive engineer from the division.

 

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Publish On: Jan 3, 2023.

 

 

Water crisis can be overcome by open well recharge system, Kerala became an example

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Climate change is one of the many factors responsible for Kerala’s depleting groundwater levels, but to combat it, Anand Jakarayas, Development Associate (Water), MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, explains how open well recharge systems can help Kerala overcome the water crisis. helping. The open well recharge system is superior to other methods, as experiments have shown that scraping off the top sediment layer and 15 cm of topsoil can restore up to 68.3 percent of the initial infiltration capacity. Sometimes aquifers contain clay lenses, if the recharge water has high total dissolved solids (TDS) or high sodium concentration, the clay lens may move through the thick layers of the aquifer with groundwater, pumped from wells. The water used will be dirty.

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In terms of cost and effectiveness, the cost seems to be low compared to artificial open well recharge systems and other water recharge systems. Methods based on surface infiltration have relatively low construction costs and are easy to operate and maintain. However, surface infiltration systems are not always suitable. This is not possible where permeable surface soil is not available, land is very expensive or there is poor-quality water on top of aquifers.

Direct subsurface recharge methods reach deeper aquifers and require less space than direct surface recharge. However, they are expensive to manufacture and maintain. Recharge wells, commonly called injection wells, are commonly used to replenish groundwater. This is done when the aquifer is deep and usually separated from the land surface by materials of low permeability.

In areas where the base flow of streams is supported by groundwater, adding storage for recharge and groundwater flow can result in higher sustained flows during low flows or drought conditions. The flow of the springs can be maintained at a high level even during summer through groundwater that would result from artificial recharge. On the other hand, surface reservoirs whose water quality has been reduced by low-quality water released from the aquifer can harm the ecology of the surface reservoir.

Cultural factors should also be taken into account when finalizing the type of recharge structure method and the location of the structure. Land availability, land use in surrounding areas, public attitudes, and legal requirements all contribute significantly to the successful implementation of an artificial recharge system. For example, in urban areas, injection wells with controlled water supply are preferred.

There are many benefits of open-well recharge system. It increases the availability of groundwater and groundwater table and is effective in all ecosystems across Kerala. Moreover, this technology helps in improving the quantity as well as quality of water in aquifers in rural areas.

Broadly speaking, the biggest reason for the continuous depleting groundwater level is the increase in the number of borewells. Salinity increases especially during the summer season as the groundwater level drops below mean sea level, facilitating lateral or vertical movement of salt water. As a result of this action, this salty water can enter the groundwater reservoirs. Similarly, the rivers of Kerala often face salinity intrusion in their lower reaches during the summer months when the flow of fresh water is reduced. The monsoon usually recharges the groundwater table sufficiently, leading to a low concentration of saltwater in the aquifers.

Kerala has a distinctive coastal aquifer system which is prone to saltwater intrusion into groundwater sources including wells. A rise in the sea level or a fall in the groundwater level or a change in tide or breaking of aquifers, etc., can lead to saltwater entering the wells. Around 50 wells in Poovar in Kerala alone have been affected by saltwater encroachment. Due to salty water, some people in rural areas are forced to resort to water pipelines, which are more expensive for them. Destruction of freshwater lakes and conversion of wetlands contribute to the decline in groundwater levels. The rising sea level due to global climate change is one of the reasons directly affecting this problem.

In Kerala, groundwater salinity is due to leaching of salts from aquifer material, not seawater intrusion. This is due to the fact that groundwater aquifers are mostly confined in Kerala which restrict direct seawater intrusion, and this is the reason why no seawater ingress into coastal waterways due to over-extraction has been reported from the Kerala coast. Is. However, salinity is observed in shallow wells that are close to backwaters, lagoons, lakes and tidal rivers. The coastal wells located at Kadalundi and Kottakkal are partly influenced by lagoon and partly by seawater as they have sea on one side and lagoon/backwater on the other. This problem is also found in places like Vadakara, Thiruvangur Beypore, Kozhikode beach, etc.

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The presence of salt water in wells is an indicator of groundwater quality. Sodium chloride (AcCl) or common salt is the major salt found in groundwater, followed by magnesium chloride (MgCl). Some groundwater also enters surface water bodies such as canals, lakes, or streams, thereby altering the hydrology of surface water. The brackish water cannot be used for paddy cultivation which is a major economic activity of Kerala. The intrusion of salinity into groundwater mainly affects the supply for agricultural, industrial and domestic use. Due to the fall in the groundwater level, more and more borewells have to be dug, as a result of which the efficiency of the pumps is also decreasing. In addition, poor households in rural areas spend about two hours a day fetching water.

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Publish On: May 13, 2022.

 

 

Safe Water for All: Our Mission

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Imagine a world where every single person had access to a basic human right – access to safe water.

The Healing Waters Ministry is on a mission to end the global water crisis. We build holistic clean water solutions and spread God’s love in at-risk communities around the world. We provide the safe water vitally necessary for communities to thrive physically, mentally, economically, socially, and spiritually.

Why Care About Safe Water?

So why do we care about safe water when it’s nearly impossible to fathom what people endure when they don’t have safe water? It’s compassion in action and springs forth from the desire to care for the oppressed because the Lord loves them. And it’s a privilege.

Caring about others having a solution to clean water means we can step outside of ourselves and consider their needs. We can simply turn on the faucet and use it as much as we desire. But, according to UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), the tragic reality for 1 in 3 people globally is that they do not have access to safe drinking water.

In fact, more than 2 billion people globally drink water contaminated with feces, causing illness, death, lost wages, lost education, and many lost opportunities.

Would it surprise you to know that more people have died from unclean water in the past 100 years than any other cause? It has also claimed more lives through disease than any war through guns. So safe water is critical to survival.

Safe Water For All: Our Values

No mission can succeed without solid values supporting it. At Healing Waters, we have six core values at the root of providing safe water for all:

1. Jesus-Inspired

We are believers in Jesus and are committed to honoring Him in all we do and responding to His call to serve the poor and the suffering by bringing transformation where there is sickness, brokenness, and division.

2. Sustainability

We are committed to developing sustainable projects and solutions in all aspects of ongoing operations. We will partner with local, in-country organizations as much as possible to ensure that projects are technically and culturally appropriate and will be sustainable over time.

3. Unity

We commit to following Jesus’ command to be peacemakers and work to fulfilling his prayer that His followers be united as one. We wish to foster reconciliation within the church and create unity in spirit by encouraging followers of Jesus to focus on what they have in common in their faith rather than those things on which they disagree.

4. Integrity

We commit to doing all we do with the utmost integrity. We expect and demand integrity from everyone associated with our work, from our employees and board members to our ministry partners. We want everyone with whom we work to know that they can trust us. We will do what we say we’re going to do and won’t make promises unless we believe that we can keep them.

5. Accessibility

We commit to delivering projects and solutions that are economically accessible to as many people as possible in the communities which we serve. We will provide equal access to all in the community regardless of race, beliefs, tribe, social status, or other classification. Just as Christ ministered to all people without discrimination, so will we.

6. Accountability

We commit to being accountable to both God and man for the resources with which we are entrusted. We are accountable to our donors and partners with whom we work and strive to be transparent in all we do. We adhere to the highest industry standards by employing accepted accounting principles and regular external audits. We endeavor to keep our administrative and fundraising costs as low as possible while simultaneously providing adequate support for our mission-critical objectives. We strive to communicate with our donors through timely and consistent updates on how their funds are being used.

Our Clean Water Solution

After having a defined mission and supporting values in place, every mission needs action steps – solutions.

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At Healing Waters, we do more than just provide safe water; we deliver holistic solutions that reliably provide affordable, clean, and accessible water that is sustainable by the community. To accomplish that, our mission to end the global water crisis includes three major components:

  1. We provide innovative, contextualized water treatment systems that bring safe drinking water to at-risk communities at radically affordable prices.
  2. We provide culturally-relevant programs focused on physical, emotional, and spiritual health that produce critical behavior change.
  3. We provide training in maintenance and water-business operations to give community leaders the knowledge to sustain safe water for generation.

What Changes When a Community Has Access to Safe Water?

Access to safe water benefits not only individuals but also entire communities. Let’s examine the positive impact clean and safe water has on a community.

  • Future generations are protected by sustainable development. Sustainable development means that the people’s needs are met now without depleting resources for future generations.
  • It improves socio-economic development. A community can’t escape poverty without access to safe water because it improves agriculture, food quality, and health. It allows children to attend school rather than collect water for several hours every day to learn other skills that benefit society.
  • Improved energy and food production. Clean water, energy, and food production are intricately linked. When communities have access to clean water for energy and food production, they no longer have to irrigate crops with untreated wastewater, leading to water-borne diseases.
  • Ecosystems become healthier. Each part of the ecosystem is integral and necessary to promote the ecosystem’s health, productivity, and sustainability. And it becomes overall healthier as clean water improves elements of the ecosystem that impact one another.

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Publish On:  December 28, 2021

Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting – How ‘NeeRain’ Saves More Than 1000 Litres Of Water

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The first filter ensures that particles up to 500 microns are collected, and then the water passes through it. Then the water is in a small tank with a transparent cover which makes the process visible. In the next step, the water passes through the next filter, where the particles up to 5 microns are prevented. The water then passes out through the system, which is clean, pure, and fresh rainwater.

NeeRain’s rooftop rainwater harvesting has saved thousand of litres of water. It is a great technique to conserve water and sustain it for future purposes.

Monsoon brings droplets of relief, but the outcome of that is severe. Most people are not inclined to safe water, but rooftop rainwater harvesting combats the issue feasibly.

Rooftop rainwater harvesting is the best solution to store, utilize, and consume water. It is an advantage to store harvested water for future purposes and promises a sufficient water supply.

You can also take the step like others to start with rooftop rainwater harvesting for clean, quality, and low in minerals water.

Mad4India is glad to cover the story of NeeRain – a young start-up that is transforming India from the issue of water scarcity to a water surplus nation with rooftop rainwater harvesting.

The monsoon season in India has arrived. It’s a relief from the pricking summer heat, but it’s also the season where puddles of water will gather in places. It is ironic that our cities face a shortage of water throughout the year and we face water logging and floods in monsoons. If we plan to manage our water sources including rainwater, we will never have to face the water shortage or flood problems.

Today we are going to discuss an old but ignored method for saving water – Rooftop rainwater harvesting.

With rooftop rainwater harvesting, it will reduce the runoff which chokes the drains, improve the quality of the groundwater, and will also be a supplement for the requirement of water in summers, droughts, etc.

Rooftop rainwater harvesting is also a way to stop flooding on the roads. It is a technique to decentralize the conservation of water.

About 71% of the Earth’s surface is water-covered, and India accounts for up to 4% of the world’s water resources. More than 6%of the population lack access to safe water in India.

To combat the issues of water scarcity and lack of clean water, rooftop rainwater harvesting is the best solution for water conservation.

NeeRain – a rooftop rainwater harvesting start-up that is enabling and empowering smooth and sustainable products to harvest rainwater from their premises.

Mad4India brings the story of NeeRain, a start-up committed to rainwater harvesting by introducing technologies and products that help people get access to safe and clean water.

Rooftop rainwater harvesting with NeeRain

 

 

Water is the boon existence of life. Some people waste water while some do not have access to clean water. NeeRain is a start-up that is oriented to tackle the issue of rooftop rainwater harvesting by providing effective and economical products.

There are indeed state and government projects that encourage water conservation and offer to install harvesting systems. Earlier, the traditional method of harvesting water was simple. The rainwater is captured from the roof catchments and stored in reservoirs for future needs. It can also be stored in big tanks for household needs.

But, today, rooftop rainwater harvesting took a tech turn with its filters and functions that are worth the cause. The device of NeeRain provides a sustainable harvesting system that is maintenance-free and cost-effective.

NeeRain has catered a rooftop rainwater harvesting device that can be installed in thousands of households to save gallons of water. It has also been exported abroad as well.

Water is a fundamental resource, and everyone understands its value. Years of exploitation of natural resources and climate change have led to frequent disturbances across the globe. India has been prone to floods, and droughts, along with no proper sewage system.

 

 

The NeeRain device for rooftop rainwater harvesting can be monitored by any person. It is a two-stage process through which one can conserve water.

The first filter ensures that particles up to 500 microns are collected, and then the water passes through it. Then the water is in a small tank with a transparent cover which makes the process visible. In the next step, the water passes through the next filter, where the particles up to 5 microns are prevented. The water then passes out through the system, which is clean, pure, and fresh rainwater.

NeeRain’s rooftop rainwater harvesting has saved thousand of litres of water. It is a great technique to conserve water and sustain it for future purposes.

Monsoon brings droplets of relief, but the outcome of that is severe. Most people are not inclined to safe water, but rooftop rainwater harvesting combats the issue feasibly.

Rooftop rainwater harvesting is the best solution to store, utilize, and consume water. It is an advantage to store harvested water for future purposes and promises a sufficient water supply.

You can also take the step like others to start with rooftop rainwater harvesting for clean, quality, and low in minerals water.

Mad4India is glad to cover the story of NeeRain – a young start-up that is transforming India from the issue of water scarcity to a water surplus nation with rooftop rainwater harvesting.

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Publish On: July 2, 2022.

Village Ardana: Water is going down 3 meters every year, sweet water is available at 1,000 feet

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Once upon a time in 1995, drinking water was taken from the well, but the canal water was drinkable. Irrigation was done with canal water, some landlords had installed tube wells. Then there was water at a maximum of 20 feet. But after this the need for water increased and the wells dried up. Farmers started installing tubewells, but even then water was available at 60 to 75 feet.

But in 2007 there was such a drought that almost all the tubewells dried up. It had not rained for three years. When people started installing tubewells in the fields at other places, the water reached 200 to 250 feet. Water was found at this depth but this water was salty. The effect of this was that the crops started getting spoiled. Sprung especially in summer means it started ripening quickly.

This is the story of Ardana village, about 140 km from the country’s capital Delhi. Ardana is a Village in Assandh Block in Karnal District of Haryana. The population of the village is about 12 thousand. Here three tubewells have been installed by the State Public Health Department for drinking water. Since the water above is brackish, boring was done up to 1,000 feet (about 304 m) below for fresh water.

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The situation has become such that some big farmers have installed submersible pumps by boring up to 1,000 feet below to irrigate the crops. One such pump costs 15 to 16 lakh rupees. On the other hand, the farmers who install 200-250 feet deep tubewells, their expenditure comes to 4 to 5 lakh rupees. When the need for water increases in summer, the farmers take water from the canal passing outside the village. For this, the Irrigation Department has to pay Rs 6,000 for a season.

Ardana is one of the villages in Haryana which fall in the red category in terms of groundwater level. In fact, the Haryana Water Resources (Conservation, Regulation and Management) Authority issued a public notice on January 7, 2022, stating that 1780 villages in the state are in the red category. Red category means where there is severe groundwater crisis. The groundwater level in these villages is below 30 metres.

This authority was constituted in 2020 under the Haryana Resources (Conservation, Regulation and Management) Authority Act 2020. The authority has divided the state’s 6,885 villages into different categories. In this, the number of villages with groundwater level of 20 to 30 meters is 1041, while the number of villages with groundwater level of 10 to 20 meters is 1807, the number of villages with 5 to 10 meters is 1261, the number of villages with three to five meters is 592, The number of villages with 1.5 to 3 meters water table is 319 and the number of villages with less than 1.5 meters water table is 85. The villages in the lower three categories have been kept in the category of water logging.

In this report of the authority, the groundwater level of Adrana has been stated as 40 meters (131.24 feet) in June 2020. Which was 8.04 meters in June 2010. According to this report, the groundwater level in this village declined by 31.96 meters during a decade. That is, on an average 3.19 meters of water has gone down every year. Although the villagers say that at this time the groundwater level has reached 200 to 250 square feet (more than 60 meters).

If we talk about the whole of Karnal, then 402 villages of Karnal have been included in the authority’s list, out of which 46 villages are in the red category, but Ardana is at the top of this list. The groundwater level here has reached up to 40 metres, while the groundwater level in the rest of the villages is between 30 and 40 metres.

The main crops of the village are paddy and wheat. Experts consider paddy and wheat crops to be the reason for the continuous lowering of the groundwater level in Haryana. Especially a lot of water is used in paddy. It is noteworthy that 2,500 to 5,000 liters of water is used to grow one liter of rice.

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Although the Haryana government had started a scheme three years ago in view of the huge decline in the groundwater level in the state, in which farmers were told that they would be given a bonus if they grow other crops instead of paddy. Last year, the Haryana government had promised Rs 7,000 per acre.

But the farmers of Ardana village are not very enthusiastic about this scheme. Ram Diya Sharma, a farmer who cultivates seven acres of the village, says that there is only paddy and wheat, which makes little profit. Whenever you plant another crop, you have to bear the loss.

He says that about 50 thousand rupees of paddy is produced in one acre, while the expenditure is 20 to 25 thousand rupees. Similarly, 25 to 30 thousand rupees of wheat is produced in one acre. Since the government buys only wheat and paddy at the minimum support price, it saves. Nothing survives on the rest of the crops.

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Publish On: March 22, 2022.

 

 

Rajasthan: Jawai Dam is drying up, water will come by train in Pali

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Now once again the district administration has sent a proposal to the railway department to deliver water by rail in Pali district of West Rajasthan.

For the last two fortnight in the district, water is being supplied from those dams which are actually built for irrigation. And there is still water left in these small dams, but this too will not last for long, their capacity will also end around 15th April. According to the administration, the number of these dams around the district is about five.

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Presently drinking water supply in Pali city is running through first pumping from Baniawas (dam made for irrigation) and Jawai dam.

In this regard, Pali water supply’s executive engineer Kan Singh said that when its water gets exhausted in April, the local water sources will be the only support. In such a situation, two wells have also been constructed by our department in the Hemawas dam. Along with this, preparations are being made to dig tubewells in Pali city’s new village, Tagore Nagar area by estimating water.

It may be noted that the pumping of the first dead storage from Jawai Dam had started on March 17. The administration says that the water of this dead storage is expected to last from 15 to 20 April. After this, pumping will have to be started from the second stage dead storage.

The administration officials have told their inability to give information about how many million cubic feet (mcft) water will be available in Jawai and for how many days that water can be used.

Keep in mind that pumping of second dead storage was done 13 years back in the year 2009. At that time, second pumping of dead storage was started when 380 mcft water was in the dam.

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Jawai dam irrigates 38,670 hectares of land in Pali and Jalore districts. This time, due to the arrival of only 19 feet of water in the dam, water was not given to the farmers for irrigation. Whereas in 2021, 47.95 feet of water was received in this dam.

The length of main canal of Jawai Dam Project is 23 km and the length of small and medium canals is 234 km. Through these, irrigation is done in the land of command area of ​​33 villages of Pali district.

Altogether, about 50 thousand farmers are directly and indirectly associated with the Jawai Dam. The capacity of the dam is 7887.5 million cubic feet.

As far as the administration’s proposal to bring water by rail in times of water crisis is concerned, if water is brought to Pali through rail from April 15, then it will be drinking water in this district for the third time in last 16 years i.e. about one and a half decade. Will be supplied by rail.

Earlier on July 20, 2009, the water train was run. After this, it was proposed to run the train on July 1, 2016, but due to rain on July 3, the train remained standing in Jodhpur. If seen recently, the water train had arrived in Pali on July 25, 2019.

This water train had made nine trips till August 2, 2019. After this, the train was stopped when it rained. At present, it has been proposed to run water train for Pali from April 15.

There will be about 40 to 50 wagons in a train, from which about 50 thousand liters of water will be brought to Pali. In Pali, behind the head works of Subhash Nagar Water Works, the work of cleaning the diggies has been started. The water brought from the train is stored in these Diggs and it is from here that water is supplied.

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Author: Anil Ashwani Sharma

Publish On: April 4, 2022.