Rationing of water to end soon, says MC

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Shimla, Sep 9 (UNI) The problem of water scarcity in the famous hill resort of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh is likely to come to an end soon with the Municipal Corporation deciding to supply drinking water every day from the coming week.

The municipal corporation has decided to stop rationing of water within the next four to five days and supply regular drinking water to all parts of the town.

The water supply in Shimla and its peripheral areas had remained disrupted for over four months, causing inconvenience not only to the locals, but also the tourists visiting the town first due to water scarcity in summers and later logging of water pumps due to silt during the monsoon season.

The water pumps at Ashwani Khadd and Gumma, the two main water supply sources of the capital, are now working properly and the water supply pipeline from Churut has also been repaired.

With these machines back in order and adequate water in the sources, the water supply would be normalised in the coming days, say officials.

The Shimla Municipal Corporation authorities say the hill station with a population of 2.5 lakh needs 39 million liters of water daily, but has only 30 million liters of water for distribution. Besides, in the tourist season, the demand for water rises to around 50 million liters per day.

''We will start regular drinking water supply in the next four to five days. At present, we are supplying water on alternate days to the residents. Besides, water is being made available on demand by tankers.'' ''We will supply regular water once the availability of water equals the demand. However, any particular date for commencing regular supply of water has not been decided,'' municipal corporation engineer Devash Bhardwaj added.

The problem of water scarcity in the town is likely to ease up with the launching of another drinking water supply scheme from October two, later this year.

And the people just hope that the scheme is inaugurated on the schedule time.

UNI

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