Solar water treatment plants for Nagaland
Kohima: Nagaland received an innovative water solution technology project on Friday – solar powered water treatment units – in three villages of the state capital. State minister for Public Health Engineering (PHE), Noke Wangnao inaugurated the water treatment unit at Tsiesema village about 13km away from Kohima while similar two units were installed and made functional in Meriema and Kijumetouma villages. These were the most water scarce villages of Kohima district, Wangnao said in his inaugural address while stating the project was funded by the Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in 2009 under The National Rural Drinking Water Program (NRDWP). Mumbai based company Adittya Corporation developed the Solar powered water treatment unit, he said adding the three units were valued at Rs 149.61 lakh and would provide drinking water facility to 2,639 people of the three villages. “We have to look for other options and technologies in the form of rain water harvesting, water supply by pumps and revival of traditional wells,” Wangnao added. (PTI)
Gogoi assures package for fishermen
Guwahati: The Assam government is planning to formulate a rehabilitation package for fishermen depending on Ramsar site Deepor Beel for their livelihood, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Friday. “We will soon formulate a rehabilitation package for the 815 fishermen families who earn their livelihood through fishing in Deepor Beel,” Gogoi told a 10-member delegation of Asom Anusuchit Jati Yuba Chatra Sanstha here. The Chief Minister also assured the delegation that his government would take all possible steps to stop the flow of contaminated water into the Deepor Beel from nearby factories and prevent fresh encroachment. He further assured them that the government would look into their demand for reservation of SC/ST in venture schools and their appointment in different posts under National Rural Health Mission. (PTI)