A severe drinking water crisis has gripped parts of Asansol and Raniganj after a structural bridge carrying a 40-year-old Public Health Engineering (PHE) pipeline collapsed in Kalajharia over the river Damodar two days ago.
The public health engineering (PHE) department has issued compensation cheques to the family of the three labourers who have died during laying of PHE pipeline in Dalurbandh Colliery area of Salanpur Block under the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme.
The first FIR against illegal water connections from the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department's main pipeline has been lodged at Sripur Police Outpost, under the directives of West Burdwan District Magistrate S. Ponnambalam.
The West Bengal government has started acting tough against the misuse of the drinking water supplied by the state public health engineering (PHE) department, the state PHE minister Pulak Roy informed the Assembly on Wednesday.
The District Magistrate of West Burdwan, S. Ponnambalam, has ordered an investigation into the discovery of numerous illegal water connections tapping into the main lines of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department, primarily in the district's industrial belt.
The public health engineering (PHE) department along with Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has started disconnecting illegal pipeline connections in Asansol region, after directions from chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
Years of media reports and photos drawing the attention of the authorities concerned, years of complaints and protests from locals…
