92 villages to get drinking water supply as work for canal project wraps up

Looking to prevent groundwater depletion and water contamination, the water supply and sanitation department, with the financial assistance from the World Bank and the state government, has set up a Mega Canal Water Project at Nanowal village to provide potable canal water to 92 villages in the district.

The project was completed under the Jal Jeevan Mission at the estimated cost of Rs 100.08 crore, said Deputy Commissioner Dr Sona Thind, while presiding over the department meeting.

The department’s executive engineer (XEN) said the project covers 69 villages of Khera block and 23 of Bassi Pathana.

A total of 131 km transmission pipeline has been laid in the district’s villages, through which clean drinking water will be provided to the residents.

Under the project, a water treatment plant (12 MLD) has been set up at Nanowal and by taking water from Rajpura distributary of the Bhakra canal (main line), the water will be disinfected through filtration and chlorination and pumped tp the tanks of the respective water houses across the 92 villages.

“The water will be supplied to every house through pipelines from the tanks.” the XEN further said, adding that the canal water will noy only help preserve the groundwater table but also reduce the chances of water contamination as it will be purified.