TMI
Correspondent
Port
Blair, Sept 18: Total dependency of tap water leads to extinct the ring well
resources in the modern era. But, when any natural disaster like earthquake
hits the islands, people use to rush to wells or ponds for whatsoever water.
Islanders
can remember the 2004's earthquake, when water supply had been suspended for a
couple of weeks due to pipelines damaged in tremor. People used to seek and
rush to every available well in urban areas to manage the requirement of water
at households. Anyhow, the PBMC and APWD supplied limited drinkable water
through water tankers at different parts in urban areas during December 2004
earthquake in the A&N Islands, till the rectification of pipelines.
As
per a research in South Andaman, it has come to know that during British era
about 9000 wells were constructed with the provision of 10 wells to each
village. After Independence also, proper maintenance continued and approved
subsidies for construction new ring wells, then.
But,
now after 73 years of Independence, the increase and influx of population
brought the congestion state, where now, space not left even to walk two
persons at one go in colonies, how come wells survive? The number of wells is
now reduced to about 1600, which can be put in use and maintain by PBMC to keep
them revival.
As
per another research, it is also came to know through reliable sources that,
the well water in urban areas in South Andaman are found unhygienic and not
safe for utilities, because well aquifers through layers of rock and soil with water
flowing through their small pores from under earth's surface. Consequently, due
to dense population in urban areas the wells tend to produce unhygienic water.
However,
under the ongoing Jal Shakti Abhiyan, if efforts are made to revival of wells
in A&N Islands, partially water conservation will be come into force.
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