Staff Correspondent
Port Blair, Feb 10: The Mathura Village often faces water scarcity leaving public totally harassed and helpless. The Jinga Nallah Dam is the main source of water for entire region of Mathura, under Ferrargunj Tehsil. Thus residents of the area are dependent on the said dam for their water needs.
But it has been reported by the residents of the area that due to no desilting work in the Dam since last several years the entire area of the Dam is accumulated with silts thus day-by-day reducing its water storage capacity.
General public and several organizations in past have approached the RCD, Wimberlygunj for carrying out desilting work in the Dam but till now no one paid any heed.
“We have urged the Administration to take concrete or firm measures to dredge out the accumulated silts from the Jinga Nallah Dam in order to increase the water storing capacity of the Dam, so as to feasibly meet the drinking water demands of Mathura Village but for reasons unknown it is not done yet,” said Ajish Prasad, a Member of All India Crime Reforms Organisation.
When Andaman Sheekha team visited the Jinga Nallah dam it was found that the Dam is full of silt, which has certainly reduced the capacity of the dam.
Now the villagers of the area urge the Lt. Governor to intervene into this matter and initiate action in the legitimate interest of the residents of Mathura Village so that before summer the desilting work is completed.
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