Statesman News Service
MALDA, 14 JULY: Drinking water supply from the arsenic-free Mathurapur treatment plant in Manikchak remains disrupted since 1 July due to frequent power fault subjecting the people of Manikchak, Kaliachak II, English Bazaar block (partly) and town to misery.
The supply was disrupted today as well even as long queues waited at the public taps throughout the day. The taps remained dry, however.
Losing patience with the situation ultimately, hundreds of women blocked the Malda-Manikchak state highway at three places demanding immediate water supply.
Though police reached the spot it failed to convince the people to withdraw the roadblock.
The roadblock was withdrawn after the PHE executive engineer, arsenic division, Mr Swapan Maitra, talked to the locals over phone in presence of the police and ensured that water supply would resume tomorrow.
Mr Maitra said: “Acute power fault since last Friday has created problem in lifting water from the river Fulohar and its treatment and distribution at several distribution points in three blocks.”
According to Mr. Maitra, the power problem affected supply of drinking water to its distribution pumping stations at Enayatpur and Dharampur in Manikchak block, at Sadipur, Jote-Gopal and Sat-tari in Kaliachak II, Milky, Niamatpur, Binodpur and Daulatpur in English Bazaar block.
Though the divisional manager of state electricity department in Malda said power supply was irregular at Manikchak today, he denied the allegation of frequent power faults at the water treatment plant and intake point since 1 July.
“We did not have the information. Neither the executive engineer or any official of the PHE informed me about frequent power fault,” said Mr D K Mondal, the divisional manager, electricity department, over phone from Berhampur in Murshidabad.
Power fault was restored late in the afternoon at the Mathurapur arsenic free water treatment plant
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