Tag: watersupply

Amritsar: 24X7 surface-based water supply project to be completed by 2024

The 24×7 surface-based water supply project will be completed by July 2024. Around 16 per cent work has been completed till the date. A meeting was recently organised under the chairmanship of Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu regarding the progress of the canal water project being implemented under the Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development Company (PMIDC). During the meeting, the officials of L&T Limited, a construction company, claimed that the canal water project was set to be completed by July 2024. The company has also been provided a 10-year contract for the…

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CM presides over Pragtisheel Himachal : Sathapna Ke 75 Varsh programme at Haroli AC of Una district

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur inaugurated 8 developmental projects of Jal Shakti Vaibhav worth about Rs. 20 crore for Haroli assembly constituency of Una district today. He inaugurated Rs. 4.50 crore functional tap water connection scheme to left out households in Haroli, Rs. 4.65 crore multi village piped water supply scheme in Ispur Zone, Rs. 4.40 crore multi village piped water supply schemes in Barthri Zone, Rs. 2.10 crore multi villages piped water supply schemes in Dharampur, Rs. 2.07 WSS to village Palakwah, Rs. 69 lakh tub Ewell No. 30…

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CASE STUDIES OF OUTBREAK OF JAUNDICE EPIDEMICS

By Harisaran Das Outbreak of Jaundice Epidemic in Shimla in 2016 Jaundice epidemic, a waterborne disease broke out in Shimla city and adjoining areas in Himachal Pradesh during January 2016 which lasted till March 2016. It had rattled public health systems in the hill city. The Hospital of Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla, had witnessed 60-70 cases of Jaundice patients per day in midJanuary which reduced to around 10 by end of February 2016. Over 1200 cases and two deaths were registered, though unofficial estimates put the number of…

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