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Minister for PHED Chotisu Sazo and PHED department officials inspect the water supply project in Kohima on Thursday.[/caption]
Our Correspondent
Kohima, April 6 (EMN) : Augmented water supply to Kohima town by pumping from the Zarü stream is likely to provide more than 3 million litres of water per day to Kohima town. The facility is expected to be commissioned soon.
The minister for Public Health Department Chotisu Sazo, with departmental officials in tow, inspected the site of the Kohima water supply project on Thursday.
The site of the project will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu. The design capacity of the project is 3.80 million litres per day. Chief engineer of the PHED Kevisekho Kruse said ‘We are trying our best to keep it within April 30 but we can be sure only when we test the pumping.’
Kruse added that the project was on the verge of completion and that efforts were being undertaken to ensure its commissioning in April or May this year.
Further, Kruse said that the project was designed for a 3.80 million litres per day capacity, improving water sources from Kigwema and Jakhama. “We hope to supply not less than seven million litres per day theoretically”.
However, he said, if the water sources improved in Jakhama and Kigwema, the project will focus mainly on lean seasons.
The project involves pumping water from the Zarü stream through two stages of pumps i.e, the project site and on to the second and pressure break point at Kigwema village. From the reservoir, water will be conveyed to the state’s capital by gravity.
The project has an estimated cost Rs 46 crore and had been taken up by the department since 2012.
Minster Chotisu Sazo spoke about the water scarcity and the necessity of water for Kohima town. He lauded members of Mima village, who were present at the site. The politician said that the village readily accepted the proposal and that ‘through village unity’ the project was able to continue.
However, Sazo lamented that the project was to be completed in 2015 but ‘due to financial constraints,’ work could not be completed on time.
The facility will not only boost water supply for Kohima but also ‘promote tourism and give employment to the locality,’ the politician claimed.
