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Water Crisis in area of rainfall abundance
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Water Crisis in area of rainfall abundance. Citizens of the largest city in the North East, Guwahati who had earlier never faced water scarcity and shortage being located in a location which receives abundant rainfall, are now facing acute shortage of water as a result of dry and rainless period for over 6 months.
Citizens of the largest city in the North East, Guwahati who had earlier never faced water scarcity and shortage being located in a location which receives abundant rainfall, are now facing acute shortage of water as a result of dry and rainless period for over 6 months.
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This shortage of water has spurted several private business groups, which are commercially selling water to those households which are having shortages as their water sources like well, pumps etc have dried up.“We are forced to buy water as we don’t have any other options. We have received no proper rainfall for almost the past 6 months, and our water pump doesn’t work anymore, and anymore our well has also dried up completely,” said Nizara Kalita, a 67 year old housewife, who hails from the city.
She is not the only one, as according to the district administration of the district, this is a major problem in the city and a huge number of the people in the city are facing similar problems.
People have also alleged that one of the major reasons behind this problem is the haphazard digging of deep tube wells in residential areas and then converting those deep tube wells for commercial purpose by selling the water from those wells commercially.
The district administration which has acknowledged this as a major problem, has also issued directives to the concerned civic authorities to look into the issue at the earliest.
“Directives have been issued to the planning and regulatory bodies like the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) to immediately verify and take immediate measures to stop such activities,” said Ashutosh Agnihotri, deputy commissioner of the Kamrup Metro district.
He further added that the GMC has been asked to identify such establishments which are doing illegal business in the Guwahati city and take strict action against the offenders.
Meanwhile, the state is suffering under massive power crisis as a result of the low water in the reservoirs in several hydro power generating stations in the state and the region like Ranganadi, Kopili, Khandong, Doyang, and Loktak.
“This has created a shortfall of about 275 MW, and now the State is mostly dependent on thermal stations at Kathalguri, Palatana, Ramachandranagar, Namrup and Lakwa,” said Rajiv Yadav, Chairman, Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL).
Yadav added that APDCL is trying to meet the huge shortfall by procuring 300 MW from outside the region, and added that the power position is likely to improve with rainfall in the region and further production of gas.
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