The Kumbh Mela officer, Deepak Rawat participated in the ceremony to lay the foundation for I-well work to facilitate drinking water supply.A target has been set to complete this work in a time-bound manner by August 15, 2020.
The foundation stone of this project was laid at the Gauri Shankar island on Thursday. The two I-well drinking water project, to be built at a cost of Rs 195 lakh will help to overcome the shortage of drinking water supply in the Kumbh Mela area. The capacity of the watercourse designed for the Kumbh Mela is 1.5 lakh litres an hour. The Kumbh Mela area will continue to benefit from this project for 30 years. Additional district magistrate Harbir Singh, executive engineer of Peyjal Nigam, Mohammed Meesam and other officers were present on occasion. On occasion, Rawat also presented warm clothes to poor children living in Gauri Shankar island in addition to serving them snacks.
