water shortage in villages of banaskantha
Palanpur: Water supply to as many as 139 villages of Banaskantha
district and municipal areas of Ambaji, Vadagam and Palanpur will be
suspended for next 3-4 days due to the ongoing work on the water
pipeline in Danta taluka about 60km from here. The supply to these areas
was suspended from Friday morning.
"Connection work from old to new underground water storage is over. However, connectivity work is going on at Amba Ghat of Danta taluka," said executive engineer water supply and sewerage board of Palanpur MD Thakkar.
Sources at Palanpur said the old underground storage tank with 40 lakh litre of storage capacity is being replaced with the new underground water tank with 60 lakh liters of storage capacity.
Source – TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/No-water-in-139-villages-of-Banaskantha/articleshow/51274963.cms
"Connection work from old to new underground water storage is over. However, connectivity work is going on at Amba Ghat of Danta taluka," said executive engineer water supply and sewerage board of Palanpur MD Thakkar.
Sources at Palanpur said the old underground storage tank with 40 lakh litre of storage capacity is being replaced with the new underground water tank with 60 lakh liters of storage capacity.
Source – TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/No-water-in-139-villages-of-Banaskantha/articleshow/51274963.cms