Irilbung water supply scheme lying defunct
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, July 18 2012: The Irilbung Water Supply Scheme, which was constructed by Public Health Engineering Department under Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources of Department of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) at an estimated cost of Rs 416.66 lakhs, has stopped supplying potable water to the public since December 2011 .

The Water Supply Scheme was constructed atop Keirao Bitra Awang Ching in January 2003 and it was inaugurated by Chief Minister O Ibobi in November 2007 .

Initially, it used to supply potable water to around 50,000 people of Imphal city.

However, even during the operation of the water supply shcme, people of Keirao Bitra used to receive water only once or twice a week that too for a short period.

The water supply scheme was constructed under the project of Augmentation of Water Supply for Imphal City.

Under the first phase of the Scheme, it kept the target of providing 6.81 million litre (MLD) of water on daily basis.

However, after burning down of the transformer, electric motor and other important equipments of the water supply by irate mob over abduction and killing of Soram Ibocha and his son by KCP (MTF), Kesho group in connection with monetary demand, the water supply has remained defunct.

Speaking to Hueiyen Lanpao, a villager of Keirao Bitra said that with construction of the water supply scheme, the people expected to get potable water easily and in abundance.

But after the incident of killing of the father-son duo, all hopes have been shattered.

The villager further appealed to the authority concerned to acknowledge the sufferings of the people and mend the water supply scheme at the earliest so as to resume supply of potable water to the people.

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