The attention of the office of the EE PHED (Urban Division) Dimapur is drawn to the press release issued by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Dhobinala-Signal-Thahekhu (DST) on November 15 (Sunday) 2015 issue of the local dailies.
It is to be stated that the EE PHED (Urban Division) Dimapur, in response to a letter received from the office of the EE PWD (R&B) Dimapur Division ref.No.EE/DMR/TB-29/2015/16 dated 19th Oct 2015 requesting to conduct survey and shift the existing water pipelines, had deputed its officials and necessary survey was carried out. Accordingly, a project estimate of the cost of undertaking the above-mentioned work of relocating the existing pipelines was prepared. It was estimated that while constructing the road, the following pipelines would be damaged:1) Control Box near Thahekhu Gate
2) 100 mm dia. G.I. Pipe Thahekhu Village main pipeline 1200 metre length
3) 150 mm dia. C.I. Pipe Kashiram village 30 metre length
4) 80 mm dia. G.I. Pipe 800 metre fitted along the road for Kevijau Colony
5) 100 mm dia. G.I. Pipe 1500 metre for Lhomithi colony and Sematilla water supply main pipe
Since these pipelines are very old and not fit to be reused once dismantled, new pipes along with fitting equipments and materials will be required to lay down new pipelines amounting to the tune of Rs. 64,75,000/- (Sixty Four Lakhs Seventy Five Thousand) which is to be compensated to the PHED by the PWD (R&B) Department as is the norm because while executing developmental works, one Department cannot destroy the structures belonging to another Department without due compensation. As such, the project for laying new pipelines along with abstract of cost has already been submitted to the office of the EE PWD (R&B) Dimapur vide Ref.No.EE/PHE/URBAN/WORKS/2015-16/494-500 dated Dimapur, 26th Oct 2015.
It is also to be stated that although 7 (Seven) days time was given to the PHED to dismantle its pipelines, most pipeline(s) laid deep underground cannot be retrieved because the road construction works were not halted and earth filling was carried out, which has only rendered the existing pipelines deeper.
Meantime, keeping in mind the developmental needs of the public of the said area, the Department has already begun dismantling of the pipelines w.e.f. 16/11/2015 and the supply of water to Westyard Colony, Sematilla Village, Lhomithi Colony and Kevijau Colony have already been cut off due to the road construction works. In the coming days as the road construction work progresses, more villages to be affected by non-availability of supply water include Thahekhu Village, Signal Angami Block-II, Nepali Kashiram, Kachari Gaon, Indisen, Industrial Village, Lengrijan etc for which the Department requests all the affected villages to bear with the inconvenience until such time new pipelines are laid down as the work will be executed only after the Department receives compensation from the PWD (R&B).
(Er. P. KHETOI AWOMI)
