CS instructs officials to keep tab on drinking water scarcity zones.
After the recent order of the Jharkhand High Court, Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma directed all the Superintending, Executive, Junior Engineers and Assistant Engineers to visit drinking water scarcity zones regularly and make sure its availability to the people.
She also directed repairing hand pumps in rural areas.
Verma said that engineers will take information from the ‘Jal Sahiyas’ about functional and dysfunctional hand pumps in their areas.
At the same time she directed all engineers to visit at least three villages daily and ensure work as per directives.
Also, they will prepare a report of at least 30 villages and will mail it to the Department.
At the interval of two days, press should be briefed at dist and block level about the development in the areas.
Verma also has asked the officials to inspect those villages by May 25 where the water scarcity is too high.
She said that if any villager faces water scarcity, action will be taken on the related officers of concerned areas.
The CS said that areas where water supply is not possible, water should be provided from tanker.

Chief secy pledges water for all.
Ranchi, May 10: Chief secretary Rajbala Verma today assured Jharkhand High Court that the government was committed to providing safe and hygienic drinking water to every citizen of the state.
Verma who appeared in person before a division bench of Chief Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty and Justice Ananda Sen in a PIL said she was personally monitoring drinking water supply in the state.
The bench observed summer months were worse and scarcity of drinking water was unacceptable.
"Water is like a life saving drug.
On the court asking Verma about the poor condition of hand pumps in the state, she said: "Hand pumps are repaired and replaced as and when required."
Verma endorsed it.
The high court initiated the PIL after a report on water scarcity was published in a Hindi daily last April.
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