PHE Minister inspects two water supply schemes in East Jaintia Hills

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaAugust 4, 2021

PHE Minister Renikton Lyngdoh Tongkhar has conducted an inspection of the two schemes – Greater Rymbai Water Supply Scheme and Synrang Umlawe Combined Water Supply Scheme – in East Jaintia Hills district.

Also present during the inspection were Social Welfare Minister and Khliehriat legislator Kyrmen Shylla and PHE chief engineer.

The Greater Rymbai Water Supply Scheme was sanctioned at a cost of Rs 66 crore and the Synrang Umlawe Combined Water Supply Scheme at Rs 114 crores respectively.

The main sources of these two schemes are dependent on the natural spring located at Rymbai preserved by the Dorbar Shnong and later donated to the office of the PHE for implementation of these schemes to provide drinking water to more than 65% of the villages in the district.

This source is their only hope of clean drinking water to many villages.

After the inspection, Tongkhar also chaired a meeting held at the office of the SDO (Electrical) at Rymbai in the presence of officers from the dept, the local MLA, headman and local leaders.

The meeting has decided to complete the Greater Rymbai Water Supply Scheme and the Synrang Umlawe Combined Supply Scheme which are a long pending and delayed schemes.

Issue related to the upgradation of the SDO PHE Electrical from Sub-Division to the Division level was also discussed.