Legislative Council
Cloudburst-ravaged Leh lacks water filtration plant
Archit Watts
Tribune News Service
Jammu, March 29
Leh town, which was devastated by flash floods in August last year and about 170 persons were killed and 230 went missing, still lacks a filtration plant for the main water supply.
While replying to a question by Congress legislator Narboo Gialchan, Minister of State for Public Health Engineering (PHE) Nasir Aslam Wani informed the Legislative Council that there was no water filtration plant for the town.
“The source of water being supplied to Leh is tubewells drilled through percussion up to the depth of 150 ft from the ground level and the quality of water is being checked regularly,” said Wani.
He added, “The water has been found safe for drinking purpose and there is nothing to worry about”.
However, dissatisfied with the minister’s reply, Narboo asked whether had the government any plan to provide a filtration plant to the people of Leh. Wani replied, “The provision has been made for the construction of a filtration plant in the re-construction of the damaged water supply scheme under the Re-construction of the Flood Affected Lift Water Supply Scheme for Leh town”.
He added, “The total scheme costs Rs 7.03 crore under the Prime Minister Natural Calamity Relief Funds and the filtration plant will also be included in it”. He assured the House that the water filtration plant would be installed within a short period.
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