MALDA, MAY 24: The public health engineering (arsenic division) department in Malda suspended the lifting of water and the supply of drinking water from the river Fulohar on Friday, due to suspicions that the river water had become contaminated.
Thousands are suffering from the suspension of water supply at Ratua, Manikchak, Kaliachak II and parts of English Bazaar block and town.
The matter came to light when villagers noticed that hundreds of dead fish were floating on the river, where the intake point of the arsenic-free water treatment plant is located, and informed the PHE officials.
“Many fish have died at a particular point of the river where our intake plant is located at Balupur in Ratua. To avoid any chance of health hazards, we suspended the lifting of water from the river and the supply of drinking water,” said Mr Swapan Maitra, the executive engineer (arsenic division), PHE, Malda.
“We have also decided not to risk lifting water from the river at our plant at Mathurapur in Manikchak, which is downstream from the spot suspected of contamination. We have pumped out water from the underground water reservoir at the Mathurapur plant and cleaned the reservoir,” said Mr Maitra. The river water's contamination has not been affirmed. Water samples lifted from various points near the Ratua and Mathurapur plants are now being tested.
The PHE supplied drinking water this afternoon from the old stock of water from the reservoir located at Doulatpur in English Bazaar to meet the crisis. "We have decided to mix more bleach with the water than normal, to destroy bacteria before supplying any more drinking water from our two plants located at Balupur in Ratua and Mathurapur in Manikchak,” Mr Maitra said. ;sns
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