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Water Supply and Sewerage Board admits negligence
Authorities admitted that the water supply lines were running through the sewerage manholes.
However, they are still not ready to accept that the water was contaminated due to the lines laid by them. Notably, a PGI team has recently detected some points, where not only the water supply lines were crossed through the sewerage manholes but the service connection to the houses were also given from these manholes.
Though the board is not ready to accept that the supply lines were crossed through the manholes, The Times of India, in a report published a few days back, had given concrete proof of it.
Executive engineer of the board MR Singh admitted that the line laid from Tubewell No 12 to the Shastri Nagar area was crossing through at least six sewerage manholes.
Justifying this act, he said that there wasn't sufficient place in that area so they had to lay the supply lines through the sewerage manholes.
When asked about the possibilities of contamination, he said that the lines on such specific areas were covered with sleeves so there was no scope of contamination.
The municipal authorities too held the board responsible for the epidemic. Executive engineer of municipal council Sunil Khosla said the supply line could be damaged with a single stroke of any equipment while cleaning the manhole.
Continuing the blame game, Singla said that it the responsibility of the MCto look after the maintenance of lines. Interestingly, the board has also dragged the public health department into this controversy.
Singla said that they had laid only one line through the manholes while the other lines crossing through the manholes were laid by the public health department. Singla said that the board is ready to extend all help to the council.
He said that with the help of bends the department would divert the lines from the manholes but for this the municipal council has to provide the budget.
Commenting on it, Jagmit Singh Sahota, president of the council, said, "Ideally the board should bear the expenses but as it concerns public health, the council is ready to bear the cost."
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