Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 8: Commissioner Secretary, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Dr Pawan Kotwal today inspected various flood restoration works being undertaken by the department.
He visited the intake of Boria water treatment plant, RTIC pump house, water testing labs at Boria and the Sitlee water treatment plant.
He issued on spot directions for restoration of damaged infrastructure so that water supply to old city, Janipur, New Plot, Bathindi, Channi Himmat, Sainik Colony and adjoining areas is restored completely.
At filtration plant Boria, he asked the PHE engineers to ensure that residual chlorine at consumer end is ensured within the stipulated levels and that in case cloiform test come positive hyperchlorination should be done to ensure safe drinking water to the consumers.
He also instructed the engineers to replace the old system of using solid alum and bleaching powder with more scientific method of using liquid alum and gaseous chlorination as is already being done in the water treatment plants of the Srinagar city.
He directed the concerned Executive Engineers to visit the water treatment plants of Srinagar city in this regard to familiarize themselves with this technology and adopt it in the filtration plants of Jammu city at the earliest.
The Commissioner Secretary also inspected the flood restoration works of Tawi Barrage and Ranbir Canal and directed to prepare PERT charts of all the ongoing restoration works to monitor their day to day progress so as to complete them within stipulated time-frame as per the guidelines of State Disaster Response Fund.
He directed the engineers to properly design embankment of river Tawi so that it should not reduce the natural water way and no encroachment should be allowed on the flood basin zones as per the provisions of the J&K Water Resources (Regulation and Management) Act and the recent directions of the High Court in the matter.
The Commissioner Secretary was accompanied by Superintending Engineer, Hydraulic Circle and Executive Engineers of PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Department.
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