PIONEER NEWS SERVICE/ New Tehri
The progress of works of Jal Jeevan Mission was reviewed at a meeting attended by the Tehri district magistrate Mayur Dixit and the MLA, Devprayag, Vinod Kandari in Devprayag. The DM asked the superintending engineer, Peyjal Nigam, to visit villages and inspect the works besides making random phone calls daily. He also directed the Uttarkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA) officers to get the defunct street lights in Sendri Chauras repaired immediately.
Devprayag MLA stressed on timely completion of the works being done under Hindolakhal Pumping Drinking Water Scheme and Chauras Drinking Water Scheme among others so that drinking water reaches the villages. He also urged the officers concerned to complete the works being done under Jal Jeevan Mission by April 30. In view of the drinking water scarcity in several villages, he urged the officials to stay in them and ensure sufficient drinking water supply. He asked for penalty for non-completion of works by the deadline and non-extension of the deadline.
