PATIALA: The water disaster is all set to present a big blow to citizens in the homeland of the Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh as the groundwater degree had gone beneath 750 feet.
The Patiala municipal company is in catch-22 state of affairs as its efforts to provide new tubewells throughout the height summer season perceived to have turned futile. The company had now changed over 24 tubewells in the city to draw water from the ground. The groundwater degree had gone down past 750 feet which necessitated the wish to exchange the old tubewells to dig out water.
The officers of company have been also intended to put in the brand new tubewells prior to the summer season in order to cater to the wishes of city citizens. There are round 140 tubewells in the city out of which some have transform non-functional due to depleting groundwater. The company earlier deliberate to put in 17 extra tubewells, however later cancelled the plan and determined to put in five tubewells. However, it will no longer provide the identical and continues to be running over it.
Notably, the Punjab CM earlier had introduced Rs 24 crore to toughen water supply community and Rs 35 crore for augmenting sewerage gadget in the city under the AMRUT scheme.
Out of the entire cultivated land in Patiala district, round 85% of it is irrigated with the assistance of tubewells, while only 15% land will get canal-based irrigation amenities.
Patiala will get a mean annual rainfall of 680 mm a year which is not enough to recharge the groundwater and thus had left many blocks in the district under the class of 'overexploited' zones as in keeping with a government file.
Numerous present tubewells at the depth of over 500 feet have dried up in the entire district while at many areas the water degree depletion had reached as much as 700 feet.
The water degree that was once round 110 feet in 1998 has now crossed the mark of 500 feet a mean while every year it is going down by means of round 2-Three feet. However, now the water degree had gone down by means of greater than 50 feet, thus, extending past 750 feet in the royal city.
On the opposite hand, the work on providing canal-based water hasn't taken any form regardless of the municipal company claiming that the Union finance ministry given nod to round Rs 1,000 crore canal water project.
The state govt had already introduced to provide canal water to the citizens who have been surviving on groundwater for a few years.
Suresh Kumar, executive engineer, water supply department, stated, "We have replaced around 24 tubewells as they could not provide water anymore following the depletion of groundwater. The water had gone down beyond the 750 feet in 500 km line under corporation limits. The areas like Model town, Sanjay Colony, Vikas Colony, Dashmesh Nagar, Sirhindi Gate, Tyagi Mandir, Mathura Colony, Sular Road, Bishan Nagar and others are facing extreme depletion of groundwater."
"The water scarcity can affect the population that had also increased over the years. In some areas, the residents have already made their way to get water and had installed water pumps in their houses," he added.
The Patiala municipal company is in catch-22 state of affairs as its efforts to provide new tubewells throughout the height summer season perceived to have turned futile. The company had now changed over 24 tubewells in the city to draw water from the ground. The groundwater degree had gone down past 750 feet which necessitated the wish to exchange the old tubewells to dig out water.
The officers of company have been also intended to put in the brand new tubewells prior to the summer season in order to cater to the wishes of city citizens. There are round 140 tubewells in the city out of which some have transform non-functional due to depleting groundwater. The company earlier deliberate to put in 17 extra tubewells, however later cancelled the plan and determined to put in five tubewells. However, it will no longer provide the identical and continues to be running over it.
Notably, the Punjab CM earlier had introduced Rs 24 crore to toughen water supply community and Rs 35 crore for augmenting sewerage gadget in the city under the AMRUT scheme.
Out of the entire cultivated land in Patiala district, round 85% of it is irrigated with the assistance of tubewells, while only 15% land will get canal-based irrigation amenities.
Patiala will get a mean annual rainfall of 680 mm a year which is not enough to recharge the groundwater and thus had left many blocks in the district under the class of 'overexploited' zones as in keeping with a government file.
Numerous present tubewells at the depth of over 500 feet have dried up in the entire district while at many areas the water degree depletion had reached as much as 700 feet.
The water degree that was once round 110 feet in 1998 has now crossed the mark of 500 feet a mean while every year it is going down by means of round 2-Three feet. However, now the water degree had gone down by means of greater than 50 feet, thus, extending past 750 feet in the royal city.
On the opposite hand, the work on providing canal-based water hasn't taken any form regardless of the municipal company claiming that the Union finance ministry given nod to round Rs 1,000 crore canal water project.
The state govt had already introduced to provide canal water to the citizens who have been surviving on groundwater for a few years.
Suresh Kumar, executive engineer, water supply department, stated, "We have replaced around 24 tubewells as they could not provide water anymore following the depletion of groundwater. The water had gone down beyond the 750 feet in 500 km line under corporation limits. The areas like Model town, Sanjay Colony, Vikas Colony, Dashmesh Nagar, Sirhindi Gate, Tyagi Mandir, Mathura Colony, Sular Road, Bishan Nagar and others are facing extreme depletion of groundwater."
"The water scarcity can affect the population that had also increased over the years. In some areas, the residents have already made their way to get water and had installed water pumps in their houses," he added.
Patiala stares at crisis as groundwater level dips
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