Srinagar, October 07: Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, to Sunday reviewed the water supply position during a meeting with senior officers of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department of Kashmir Division.
In his opening remarks, the Advisor emphasized upon sustained efforts to harness the State’s abundant water resources in order to provide safe drinking water to every household.
“We receive a lot of complaints (of water shortage) during public hearing from rural pockets.
These complaints must be redressed on priority,” he stated.
Ganai asked Chief Engineer PHE to ensure that all technical processes are completed before water is supplied to the habitations.
"Random checking of various schemes can be introduced to check quality of water and plug holes," he added.
Ganai also passed directions to accelerate access to quality water supply in all schools, anganwadi centres and essential services like hospitals and hotels.
He also briefed the Advisor about the mechanism devised to complete all languishing projects in the Kashmir Division.
The SEs and Executive Engineers also gave detailed presentations about ongoing schemes and developmental works in their respective.
They informed the Advisor Ganai about water-deficient areas in their jurisdiction and steps taken to address the bottlenecks.