Excelsior Correspondent LEH Apr 21: A meeting was today chaired by Principal Secretary Planning Development and Monitoring Department Dr. Pawan Kotwal to review the State/SDP plan of PHE & I&FC here. Administrative Secretary Ravinder Kumar was also present in the meeting. Dr Kotwal instructed the officials from PHE & I&FC to plan a good design purely based on Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) for extraction of water filtration storage and distribution. He asked the officials to submit a DPR explaining water source discharge data and filtration and asked to involve DCs in preparing the DPR. He directed the officials to prepare a comprehensive plan incorporating international norms so that it will work in winters as well. Kotwal said that component of DPR should include source development filtration infrastructure and reservoir. He asked them to prepare the project on Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode and directed the officials to keep 5 years for maintenance. He further asked the Secretary of the department to examine the existing source filtration capacity treatment plant storage overhead tank and electromechanical component. The Principal Secretary was apprised that the source of water is river in both Leh and Kargil districts. He said that the distribution network should be laid deep underground so that the pipelines do not get damaged in winters due to frosting and safe drinking water could be supplied 24X7 during whole year. The Principal Secretary was apprised by the officials that they have provided water supply in Gangles in winter. The meeting was attended by Chief Engineer Hydraulics Superintendent Engineer Hydraulics Kargil; ExEn PHE Leh/Kargil; ExEn I&FC Leh/Kargil and DD Planning.

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