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Next 15-20 days challenging for water and electricity – District Collector

Udaipur, 22 May (HS). Udaipur District Collector Arvind Poswal said that a period of extreme heat is going on across the state. The next 15-20 days are going to be challenging from the point of view of drinking water and electricity supply. Officers should work with full seriousness and sensitivity. There should be no negligence in providing relief to the common people.

Poswal was holding a review meeting regarding electricity, water and seasonal diseases in the Collectorate Mini Auditorium on Wednesday. He said that the summer season is at its peak, continuous monitoring is being done from the highest level to ensure smooth supply of drinking water and electricity. In such a situation, officers will have to work with more caution. It should be ensured that there is no situation of drinking water crisis for the common people and cattle in the district. Officers should continuously visit the field and keep an eye on the situation and ensure necessary arrangements as per the pre-determined action plan.

The District Collector took information from PHED and Water Resources Department officials about the availability of water in the water sources of the district, the situation in the coming time, etc. Also, keep the entire team ready to deal with any situation and ensure water supply. He took information about the progress of the third and fourth phases of the Dewas project and gave necessary guidelines.

During the review of the power system, Ajmer Discom's Superintending Engineer Bhavanishankar Sharma informed that due to increase in load, the Chittor-Debari feeding line is facing problems. To maintain the balance between demand and supply of electricity, efforts are being made to maintain the system by shifting up to 50 percent load in industrial units in the evening, so that there is no problem in urban areas. Due to increase in load and heat, incidents like burning of transformers and line tripping are taking place due to minor technical problems in the lines, every possible effort is being made to resolve them immediately. He also expressed the need for 440 KV grid station in the district. Taking information regarding sub-division wise electricity supply, the District Collector said that the entire team should be ready and there should be prompt response to the complaints of the common people. Efforts should be made to satisfy people by giving peaceful answers to technical problems. He also talked about discussing the ongoing problem regarding the feeding line with high level officials. The District Collector also reviewed the works of the Public Works Department.

In the meeting, the District Collector took information from Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr. Shankar Bamania about the situation of seasonal diseases in the district, necessary arrangements in hospitals etc. He made proper arrangements for drinking water and coolers and fans in all the medical institutions of the district. All the medical institutions of the district should be inspected to ensure that coolers etc. in the wards are in working condition and there is provision of drinking water for the patients and their families. Besides, cleanliness of wards including toilets should also be ensured. SE PWD City Rajeev Aggarwal, SE Rural Anil Garg, XEN PHED Lalit Nagauri and officials of related departments were present in the meeting.