XI LOK SABHA DEBATES,   Session V (Monsoon) 

Wednesday, August 06, 1997/Shravana 15, 1919 (Saka)



Type of Debate:	MATTERS UNDER RULE-377

Title:	Need to clear the proposal of State Government of Orissa for
augmenting water supply to the water scarcity areas of Sonepur district.

TEXT :
 SHRI K.P.SINGH DEO (DHENKANAL):  Sir, Dhenkanal District, Angul  District  and
Birmaharajpur Subdivisions of Sonepur District in Orissa are chronically water
scarcity areas  even  in  normal  times.    The  problem gets worse during the
droughts, floods and cyclones which have been the constant companions for  the
last three and a half decades.

	In  order  to  augment  the  water  supply  and  to mitigate the water
scarcity, the Regional Piped Water Supply Scheme  has  been  prepared  by  the
Government  of Orissa, Housing and Urban Development Department, for the areas
of Talcher,  Angul,  Mehramundli,  including  161  villages  in  the  polluted
Brahmani  river  basin;  Dhenkanal  the District Headquarters town, and Bhuban
NAC; covering a population of 2.5 lakh  at  an  estimated  cost  of  Rs.139.30
crore.  The  State  Government  have  sent a proposal to the Ministry of Urban
Affairs and Employment, Government  of  India,  in  June,  1995  and  modified
projects  after  discussion  with  Japanese  OECF Fact-finding Mission on 23rd
February, 1996.

	The Government of Orissa have also submitted proposals for  augmenting
the  water  supply  to Kamakhyanagar, Angul and Athmallitk NAC under Augmented
Urban Water Supply Scheme in the Dhenkanal and  Angul  Districts  respectively
costing Rs.2.37 crore, Rs.1.93 crore and Rs.1.93 crore respectively.

	I,  therefore,  strongly  urge upon the Government of India to take up
and complete the works expeditiously and urgently to mitigate  the  sufferings
of  a  segment  of long suffering population. Necessary fund allocation may be
made for  implementing  those  drinking  water  projects  during  the  current
financial year.





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