Amid depleting water table, 17 more tubewells to be sunk
- | Friday | 14th June, 2019
Water crisis a routine affair; canal water supply distance dreamCharanjit Singh TejaTribune News ServiceAmritsar, June 13As usual, the city has been facing crisis of potable water supply. Canal-based water supply is the only solution, but its implementation seems a distant dream. Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had announced a World Bank-aided project to provide canal-based drinking water supply in the city in August 2017. According to information, the World Bank team did not find canal water suitable for drinking due to dumping of garbage and other material in the canal. Hardeep Singh, a city resident, said, “Since the announcement, there has been no development on implementation of the canal-based water supply.
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