Nashik: Maharashtra water supply and sanitation minister Gulabrao Patil on Friday said a team from his department visited Mahadarwaja in the district’s Trimbakeshwar taluka to explore possibilities of providing tap water to every household in the hamlet.
Patil told TOI that state environment minister Aaditya Thackeray had taken a strong note of the struggle the women in the hamlet to collect water from a well that was the only source of water for them.
“Thackeray and I had a discussion about how to mitigate the sufferings of the women of that hamlet. A team from my department visited the hamlet on Friday to explore the possibilities of providing tap water to the households. Once the team gives its report, we will plan our future course of action. I have asked the officials to submit the report as fast as possible.
The TOI had in its April 6 edition reported the plight of the women from the Mahadarwaja of Metghar village in Trimbakeshwar taluka, who have to walk every day for three hours to reach a well and scrape a potful of water from its bottom. The women are compelled to risk their lives by climbing down the steep walls of the near-dry well to fetch water. The well is the only source of water for the 300-odd residents living in around 50 households at the hamlet.
Nashik collector Gangatharan D on Friday said work was on to provide piped water from the well to the village. “We expect that the residents of the village will get drinking water from Monday,” he said.
Another senior officer said the work of pumping the water up through the pipeline was a difficult task. “Efforts to pump up the water twice failed. Some minor technical changes were being made to tide over the challenge. Trials were being conducted at the site, the officer added.
The zilla parishad had on Thursday swung into action to ensure that the residents of Mahadarwaja hamlet in Trimbakeshwar have access to adequate water. The authorities expedited the work of laying of a 1,250m pipeline to ensure the water is supplied to Mahadarwaja above the hills at Metghar fort in Trimbakeshwar taluka.
The zilla parishad had dug a well under the Thakkar Bappa scheme in March and the work on its pipeline connection had started. The administration put the work on the fast track.
The official said the water supply scheme was carried out with the help of a private orgnisation about three years ago from another storage of water. There was no government land available for digging a well as a permanent source of water. That scheme had, however, failed because of some issues related to energy bills and other technical factors, an official said.
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