Port Blair, Jan 24: During a recent meeting, the Member of Parliament of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma, has requested the Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands to construct an overhead water tank with a storage capacity of 15,00,000 Litres (Fifteen lakhs Litres) at Dairy Farm Ward No.15 in Port Blair from Port Blair Smart City Project fund for proper water supply to the residents of Dairy Farm and its adjoining areas.
He informed the Hon’ble Lt. Governor that even after making all possible efforts by the A&N Administration to ensure providing proper water supply to the residents, many people in the thickly populated Dairy Farm area are facing acute shortage of water due to non-availability of sufficient water storage and pumping at Dairy farm.
He said that water is one of the basic needs for human consumption and the people residing in the area are fully dependent on the water being supplied by the Port Blair Municipal Council.
The Member of Parliament added that owing to increase of population, houses, commercial activities etc, the residents of Dairy farm and its adjoining areas i.e. Ranchi Basthi, Junglighat, School Line etc are facing acute shortage of water due to lack of water storage and pumping facilities.
He added that an overhead water tank with a storage capacity of 15,00,000 Litres would facilitate the PBMC for storage and subsequent supply of water to the residents of Dairy Farm and its adjoining areas.
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