PORVORIM
The residents of Porvorim are facing acute shortage of water as they did not receive water for two days consecutively on Friday and Saturday. Since water treatment plant at Porvorim has been shut down due to non receipt of water from Tillari, the water is being supplied to Porvorim from Assonora treatment plant on alternate days. As per schedule the water was supposed to be released to the residents of Housing Board colony and nearby areas on Saturday evening. Residents have been agitated since there was no water supply on Saturday.
One of the residents of United Co-op Housing Society, Housing Board block C Mahesh Prabhu mentioned their society had hired 36 tankers at the rate of Rs 800/- per tanker from November 17 to December 17 and have spent an amount of Rs 28,800 for water.
Another resident Anthony Pereira mentioned that if Public Works Department is not in a position to meet the water requirements of the residents of Porvorim then why is panchayat giving construction licenses for new buildings.
When contacted the Assistant Engineer Dattaram Raikar mentioned that the residents of Reis Magos and Nerul did not receive water for 5 days consecutively. Hence the departmental meeting was held and it was decided to release water to Reis Magos and Nerul on priority basis . Therefore water could not be released to the residents of Housing Board colony on Saturday. Tillari dam authorities have assured Water Resource Department regular raw water supply from Tillari to Porvorim Treatment plant from December 22. On receipt of this water, Porvorim water treatment plant will be restarted and water will be released daily to the residents of Porvorm, said Raikar.
Tourism Minister /Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte mentioned that Tillari repairs have been completed from Goa side and awaiting the Mahrashtra side to complete. His office is following up this matter daily. As per the indication given by Water Resource Department raw water to Porvorim water treatment plant will be released by Tillari authorities latest by December 22. In regard to water supply to Porvorim his office is coordinating regularly with the Public Works and Water Resource departments .
Meanwhile free water tankers from PWD have been arranged. The respective panch members of Penha de Franca panchayat has been advised to communicate to his office through his helpline regarding the requirement of water tankers and his office will ensure that the tanker reaches to the needy people. Khaunte said possibly by next year this problem may not exist if the pipeline work of alternative supply from Amthane dam gets complete.
