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| Ganai promises SWM in Chadoora town | | Will he restart the Budgam project first ? | | Early Times Report
Budgam, Oct 12: As Advisor to Governor Khursid Ganai has promised to initiate scientific Solid Waste Management (SWM) in Chadoora town , people from Budgam town have appealed him to restart the similar project that was stopped midway by the Government for not being able to provide mere 1 lakh rupees per month to run the community based project.
As reported already Chadura town might get a scientific waste management facility very soon as advisor to Governor Khurshid Ahmad Ganai announced this during a public durbar held at Budgam on Tuesday.
" We are happy that Chadoora would get a scientific waste management project , but we ask Khurshid Ganai sahib , why not restart the Budgam project which ran successfully for 7 to 8 months. 3 kanals of land was retrieved from land grabber by local Municipality and District administration, compost pits were constructed , everything was running smoothly but the previous Director Local Bodies Kashmir Manzoor Sofi failed to provide Rs 1 lakh / month to the Budgam municipality who were forced to wind up the project " said Shahid Hussain a Budgam resident
On Tuesday Advisor Ganai met with several delegations at Budgam today during his public durbar . Among other delegations while having an interaction with delegation from Chadoora , advisor felt very sad after coming to know the sad state of affairs vis a vis solild waste management in Chadoora town. Advisor assured that very soon the facility for door to door collection of garbage plus its treatment on scientific lines would be initiated in the town. He directed Deputy Commissioner Budgam and SDM Chadoora to prepare a small project report for making this a reality.
As reported already the authorities at the helm of affairs who claim of making Srinagar and its neighboring districts Open Defecation Free (ODF), sources have revealed that 300 lavatories and household sewerage from hundreds of houses and business units enters into the waters of Doodh Ganga from filtration plant Kralpora to Branwar village in Budgam which is spread at a stretch of 23 kms. The Department of Public Health Engineering (PHE) is supplying same water to almost 9 lakh population in Srinagar which is leading to several health disorders.
Hundreds of lavatories , and household liquid waste continues to enter into Doodh Ganga at Kralpora, Wathoora , Chadoora and other villages of Budgam and same water is lifted at Kralpora water filtration plant from last 40 years. The situation is alarming as chlorination or sedimentation process is not making water safe for drinking purpose. With an of supplying so called safe drinking water to Srinagar uptown J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) is laying of Raw water pipeline from higher reaches of Doodh Ganga at village Nowhaar in Chadoora to Kralpora water treatment plant. Now water from Doodh Ganga will be lifted at Nowhaar which is 18 kms up Kralpora. PHE officials say that by end of this year , 12 Million Gallons of fresh water will be lifted at Nowhaar every day and out of it 10 MG / day will be supplied to Kralpora plant. Sources say that Nowhaar is not the last village located on the banks of Doodh Ganga. There are more than half a dozen habitations like Bonyaar, Pethyaar, Surasyaar, Check Surasyaar, Brenwar etc where from water comes down to newly established mega water supply scheme at Nowhaar. Population in these habitations will increase in the coming years. Right now lot of fecal matter , solid and liquid waste continues to enter Doodh Ganga around these habitations especially in rainy season. Immediate attention of authorities is sought on following points. |
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