GANDERBAL, June 02, 2020: The District Development Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, today visited breached spot on the Sindh Extension Canal at Malshahibagh, Ganderbal and took stock of ongoing restoration work.
The breach which resulted from sloughing in December last year and affected the 6.8 MGD Alasteng WTP, which supplies water to several areas in the north of Srinagar and several parts of Ganderbal district.
The DDC was accompanied by ADC Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmad Baba, Executive Engineer I&FC Ganderbal, ACR Ganderbal, and other concerned.
While reviewing the progress of work on the breached spot, the DDC directed the concerned authorities to expedite the work on breached spot by way of engaging more men and machinery and exhorted for charging the canal within the shortest possible time.
While taking the stock of the ongoing repairing work on breached spot, the Executive Engineer I&FC briefed the DDC about the excavation plan and current progress on the repairing work.
It is pertinent to mention here that portable water is supplied to 15 lakh people of Srinagar district and about 1 lakh souls of Ganderbal district besides several Hectares of agricultural land is also dependent on same canal for irrigation.
While reviewing the repairing work completion on the spot, the concerned officials raised the issue of material supply for which the DDC said that matter will be taken up with the concerned supplying agency/company and asked the Ex. En I&FC to form a comprehensive plan so that the work on the breached spot is completed at the earliest.
