Action against officials failing to ensure water supply in water hit areas: Priyank Kharge warns
"State government has released funds for adequate supply of water" he said
Kalaburagi: Social Welfare Department Minister Priyank Kharge on Sunday warned against the officials of district administration adding that they should pay special attention to the water scarcity issue in the district.
During the meeting he urged Deputy Commissioner, Zilla Panchayath CEO and other top officials of District Administration to ensure water supply to every part of the district as adequate funds have already been provided to the authorities in this regard.
He added that despite sanctioning crores of rupees to resolve the issue the officials were not doing their duties in resolving the issue. He also vowed to initiate action against the officials who are not fulfilling their duties in resolving the water crisis in the district.
“There is no shortage of funds for drinking water. We have sanctioned funds to Municipalities, Zilla Panchayaths, Taluk Panchayaths to ensure water supply to every part with help of tankers and other sources” Kharge added.
MLA M Y Patil, MLC Tipannappa Kamakanoru, Deputy Commissioner Venkatesh Kumar, senior police officers and others were present in the meeting.
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Over half a dozen passenger trains cancelled for three days due to elephant movements
Jamshedpur (PTI): Over half a dozen passenger trains will remain cancelled for three days from December 22 under the Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway due to the movement of elephants, a railway statement said on Sunday.
The Memu train services will remain cancelled between December 22 to 24, a South Eastern Railway statement said.
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Movement of a herd of elephants has been noticed near rail tracks between Chakradharpur (Jharkhand's Singhbhum)-Jharsuguda (Odisha) section of the division, especially Bandamuna during night, said Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Chakradharpur division of S E Railway, Aditya Choudhary.
The train services are being slowed down, causing traffic congestion and subsequently delaying train movements, he said.
The trains which will remain cancelled due to elephant movements in the section include 68025/68026(Ckp-Rou-Ckp), 68043/68044 (Tata-Rou-Tata), 18175/18176(Hte-Jsg-Hte), 68029/68030 (Rou-Jsg-Rou), 58151/58152 (Brmp-Bxf-Brmp) PASS, 68125/68126 (Tata-Bbn-Tata) MEMU, 68019/68020 (Tata-Gua-Tata) Memu, 68010/68009/68006 (Ckp-Tata-Kgp-Ckp) Memu, it added.
