Foundation stone of water supply project laid
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 07 2020:
Congress MLA AK Mirabai laid the foundation stone for a new water supply project at Changangei Uchekon today.
Speaking on the occasion, AK Mirabai said an overhead reservoir of .8 million litres capacity and an emergency service reservoir of .2 million litres capacity will be built which will benefit more than 50,000 people of the area.
She added that the two new projects were a part of PM Narendra Modi's vision to provide clean drinking water to every Indian by 2022.She added that the water supply schemes in Manipur will not succeed unless the 'Chingkhei1 Ching' water supply scheme is completed first.
Chingkhei Ching water supply scheme aimed at providing clean drinking water to the Greater Imphal area and it was supposed to be completed by 2016, but frequent bandhs and general strikes hampered the construction, she added.
MLA AK Mirabai added that Chingkhei Ching water supply scheme was started by the then Congress Goverment but it was yet to be completed and without the completion of this project, water supply scheme in Manipur will never succeed.
AK Mirabai blamed the current Government for not allocating enough funds for this project and said the Government was good with 'Words' but not with 'Works' .
Speaking on the occasion, Sinam Marjit, Zilla Parishad Changangei Uchekon, said the construction of the two reservoirs will be undertaken by Keystone Infrastructure Private Limited, Hyderabad and requested the locals to help in the completion of the projects on time.