This story is from August 21, 2019

All water treatment plants in Goa to be inter-linked - Pauskar.

All water treatment plants in Goa to be inter-linked - Pauskar.
Ponda: With the Tiswadi water crisis entering its sixth day, public works minister Deepak Pauskar has announced that all water treatment plants in Goa will be interlinked to avoid a repeat of such a situation. He also said it is impossible to supply water to consumers through tankers.
The minister claimed that the interlinking of all plants would help adjust the water supply from one plant to another in case of a crisis.

Pauskar said he has been closely monitoring the restoration of the pipeline at Curti-Ponda. After inspecting the work on Tuesday morning, the second time within a week, he said that a decision was taken in 2016 when Manohar Parrikar was the chief minister.
“I will discuss this issue with chief minister Pramod Sawant and follow up with the project,” Pauskar said.
The collapse of a 12m stretch of road embankment at Curti-Ponda washed away two six-meter-long pipelines and loosened 10 others late Wednesday night.
As the pipelines which were used to supply potable water to Panaji, Taleigao, St Andre, St Cruz and Cumbharjua constituencies in Tiswadi taluka are broken, the areas have been reeling under severe water crisis since Thursday. Consumers have been solely dependent on either private or PWD tankers.

Pauskar said that to avoid such cases in the future, interlinking of all water treatment plants is a must.
“We are planning to bring the Selaulim water line to Bambolim so that Panaji can get water from there in case of a breakdown of its pipeline. Presently the water from Selaulim reaches up to Vasco,” Pauskar said.
He added that the present Tiswadi water crisis has shown that the supply of potable water through tankers is impossible and his department wants to stop the use of tankers for potable water.
In Panaji alone, 20 million litre per day (MLD) water is needed and the supply of such a huge quantity through tankers is not feasible, he said.
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