Water crisis in Namchi after landslide sweeps away main water pipeline
First Published: 17th June, 2023 9:46 IST
People of Namchi might be facing water shortage for the next 2-3 days, PHE officials said
By Prakash Adhikari
Almost 12,000 people are facing water crises in Namchi town since yesterday and the crisis could last for 2-3 days, officials of the Public Health and Engineering, the department that maintains the water pipelines said.
The crisis happened after a massive landslide swept away the main pipeline trunk following heavy rainfall in Ravangla Byepass near Ravangla.
This is the second time that the water trunk has been swept away by landslide in that area. Assistant Engineer of PHE, Namchi Subdivision, Sonam Karthak said that the condition is worse this time. It was also informed that the people of Namchi may have to face water shortage for the next 2-3 days.
On June 2021, the same water trunk was swept away by landslide, and the whole town had to survive on water provided by PHE department through trucks and tankers, for more than a month’s period.
PHE Namchi Subdivision has blamed NHIDCL and Nagen Company for the pipeline trunk getting washed away. According to PHE, while building national highway and tunnels along the pipelines proper measure were not taken leaving the pipelines vulnerable to landslides and damages during hill-cutting.
There has been no public complaints regarding threat to their homes and farms like before, the PHE department said.
PHE has begun work for installation of 6 inches pipelines for providing minimum amount of water to the public of Namchi.
However, the connection through perennial sources of water, prepared by PHE department earlier, will not be able to support the town, because of the lack of water on those sources, owing to the late monsoon this year, Sonam informed.
The continuous rainfall and the heavy fog may effect the restoration of pipelines, and the process still remains hazardous to the life of the workers.
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