DEPARTMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS RESPONSIBLE TO FOLLOW DELAY AND TRANSPARENCY AT ALL LEVELS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND REPORT MATTER TO THE HONOURABLE CMO THROUGH THE CHIEF SECRETARY OF THE STATE GOVT.

Accute shortage of water has been occured in the lift water supply scheme serving upper Kathuin village and part of Gandhir village from main reservoir Jhamrahdian arranged by the department of I&PH from Sirhali river for the last one month and now the department has failed to provide drinking water to the consumers even after a period of five days Local Complaints have been made with the water guard and the incharge Complaint cell Balhsina however no water has been provided to the consumers by the department of the l&PH.The Department has provided more than required connections from the system of supply tank constructed in village Kathuin and circular tank having ten thousands of litres capacity is unable to serve the population in the closely built up residential areas of village Kathuin and Gandhir It is seen and observed that during the hours of least consumption at night valves of the principal branches are opened and misuse of stored water going on in the supply main which is limited up to ten thousand litres capacity for more than forty consumers.The matter has already been brought to the notice of the Chief Engineer HZ I&PH Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh and the Superintending Engineer I&PH Department Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh and the Xen Jhandutta and SDO Kalol however nothing concrete has been done by the department of I&PH and now no water is supplied to the people of area served by this scheme and people facing critical position and situation due to non availability of water in the month of May .The department should do the needful at the level of storage reservoir from where it is lifted to the Main supply reservoir at Jhamrahdian built to collect water from the filters inthe river bed of Sirhali and must store it by way of collecting into the service reservoir, from where usually it may take one or two days to fulfill the average daily demand to the fluctuations because of the hot weather and temperature rise but supply should not be stopped to the people of area and circle demanding their genuine consumption and recommended supply of water based on (IS :2065)