6) Water Scarcity Programme
This programme is implemented as per guidelines issued by government from time to time.
District head for this programme is Hon. Collector of the district
This programme is implemented in three phases every year as follows.
Phase – I - Oct to Dec
Phase -II - Jan to March
Phase –III- April to June
Phasewise water scarcity plans are prepared with the help of geologist grampanchayats, Panchayat samiti, Tahsildar, B.D.O, Dy. Engineers at tahsil level. They send the same to C.E.O. Z.P. for sanction consolidation of scarcity plan is done by Ex. Engineers Z.P water supply at district level and send if for sanction to collector by Chief Executive Officer of Zilla parishad.
All scarcity works are carried out by Zilla parishad as per guidelines after sanctions of Hon. Collector.
Water scarcity plan includes following sub heads.
- Taking budkies.
- Desilting and deepening of wells.
- Private Wells /Bore wells requisition.
- Water supply by tankers.
- Completion of ongoing schemes on priority.
- Special repairs of water supply schemes.
- Digging new bore wells and providing hand pumps.
- Special repairs of hand pumps / electric pumps.