Our Correspondent
Kohima | March 15
The augmentation of water supply to Kohima town (Zarü project) under Urban Ministry is almost ready to be commissioned. Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Chief Engineer Kevisekho Kruse today said that the physical achievement of the project up to now is 85%.
The sanctioned cost for this urban water supply project stands at Rs. 4673.09 lakh and expenditure up to February 2017 is Rs. 3037.41 lakh. He said the delay in commissioning of this project targeted this month was due to delay in release of fund.
The Chief Engineer also stated that a project under DoNER Ministry, NLCPR for providing water supply to 24 villages under Chiephobozou RD Block is expected to be commissioned by next month. He said the entire Northern Angami side faces water problems for which this project has been sanctioned by the DoNER ministry.
This project intends to provide drinking water supply to one of the most water scare blocks in Nagaland. The physical achievement so far is 95%. Sanctioned cost for this project is Rs. 2626.41 lakh and expenditure upto February 2017 is Rs. 2527.49 lakh.
Er. Kruse also informed that the physical achievement for augmentation of water supply to Wokha town is 85%. The sanctioned cost for this project is Rs. 1959.60 lakh and expenditure upto February 2017 is 1760.60 lakh. Further, the physical achievement of the project for providing water supply to New Peren district HQ stands at 75%. Sanctioned cost for this project is Rs. 930.94 lakh and expenditure upto February 2017 is 553.89 lakh.
Both the projects are under DoNER Ministry, NLCPR.
Other ongoing major projects in this area includes providing water supply to Mon and 4 surrounding villages (under DoNER Ministry, NLCPR), providing water supply to Akuk old in Wokha district (under NEC), augmentation of water supply to Japukong range in Mokokchung district (under NEC), environmental improvement & sustainable conservation of twin lakes at Mokokchung town (under NLCP, under Ministry of Forest & Environment) and Pollution Abatement of Rivers Diphu & Dhansiri at Dimapur (NRCP projects under Ministry of Forest & Environment and Ministry of Urban Development).
