Udupi District-in-Charge Secretary
Maheshwar Rao called upon the
officials to be responsive and take
immediate action in the direction
of relief and emergency operations
and compensating the natural
calamities.
Speaking at the review meeting
held to tackle the grave
emergencies like drinking water
shortage and droughts here on
Tuesday, the secretary stressed
that there is a need for scientific
deliberations before implementing
the measures to eradicate the
drinking water problems.
The habitat in the district is evenly
distributed and the district
undergoes the brunt of water
scarcity only at the pinnacle of
summer.
Speaking on the occasion, Deputy
Commissioner Muddu Mohan said
that as many as Rs 4,843.78 lakh
has been earmarked to sort out the
drinking water shortage problems
during the year 2013-14., of which,
Rs 3,363.94 lakh has been
released.
As many as 722 construction
works worth Rs 3,328.79 lakh has
been taken up. As many as 108
bore-wells and 169 open-wells are
dig up, 189 pipe wells water
supply projects and 52 minor water
supply projects are completed, he
added.
The deputy commissioner said that
as many as 91 projects under
natural calamity relief fund is taken
up in as many as 77 villages at the
cost of Rs 113.70 lakh.
In Udupi taluk, as many as 40
projects, 24 in Kundapur and 13
works in Karkala have been taken
up, of which 71 works worth 75.91
lakh are completed and 20 works
are in progress.
Nearly 6,94,000 liters of water is
supplied through 138 tankers to
190 housing colonies in 46 villages
in the district.
In Udupi, as many as 44 villages
are provided with tanker water,
while 26 villages in Kundapur and
eight villages in Karkala are
provided water through tankers,
respectively.
The DC added that 180 works are
taken up at the cost of Rs 537.40
lakh released by Zilla Panchayath,
of which 40 works are completed
and 140 are in progress.
A total of 42 new borewells are
dug up, 22 pipe line extension
works are taken up, deepening of
eight wells are taken up besides 18
pumpsets are set up in various
areas.
The secretary directed the officials
to utilize the funds released under
natural calamity relief funds within
45 days and he also made an
assessment of the works taken up
by the task force set up at taluk
level to tackle the water shortage
issues.
He said in order to tackle the sea-
erosion menace during rainy
season, the officials concerned
should take all necessary actions
by storing sufficient boulders in
case of emergencies.
The secretary also looked into the
action plan designed for the
amount of Rs 60 lakh released to
Zilla Panchayath and Urban local
bodies in the district.
He also directed the health
department officials to be
equipped with necessary measures
to counter the water and vector
borne diseases during monsoon.
DHO Dr Ramachandra Bairy briefed
over the shortage of anti snake
venom in the district.
The officials said that there is
storage of 1,218 metric tons of
fodder to cattle and there is no
shortage of drinking water to
cattle.
The officials also added that there
is a need of 2,000 tons of
fertilizers.
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