REASI, JUNE 15, 2021: Deputy Commissioner Reasi Charandeep Singh today directed for repair of 70 nonfunctional hand pumps as he was chairing a meeting to review the status of water supply in the district.

The meeting was attended by ADDC Jyoti Slathia; CPO Sunita Kanchan; CMO Dr.Rajeev Kumar Sharma; DFO Jyotsana; ACD Dr Anirudh Rai; Chief Education Officer, Mohammad Aziz; Xen Jal Shakti, Reasi, Ashok Kumar Gupta; Xen Jal Shakti, Dharmari, Sat Paul bhagat besides others.

The Deputy Commissioner informed that around 195 hand pumps in the district in various blocks are nonfunctional according to the inputs from PRIs, He said that repair work of these hand pumps is the priority of administration as availability of water is an important public issue. He said the repair of pumps will be firstly taken up in the areas which face water shortage.

Meanwhile, the DC sought inputs from the concerned Xens and other officers and shortlisted around 70 hand pumps in the first instance.