Many localities of the town of Tura will heave a sigh of relief after load shedding was cancelled today, with the Public Health Engineering Department expected to function on a normal basis with the expectation that water supply will get better.
Tura is currently in a drought-like situation with most water sources that the town depends on, drying up. Residents are hopeful that a spell of rain today would have helped this situation as well.
Tura requires about 25 mld (million litres per day) of water supply and with the present dry season, all gravity sources and the augmented source are literally dry. The entire water supply for Tura is currently being supplied through the pumping from Edenbari on the outskirts of the town.
As per the administration, with full power supply, the town was getting only 14.6mld. However with six hours of load shedding daily, there is a water deficit of nearly 2.5 mld due to which only one supply of water was being made a day.
“The situation is expected to improve with the electricity situation and the sharp shower. We are keeping a close vigil,” said Deputy Commissioner of West Garo Hills, Ram Singh.
Locals are currently fervently praying for the rain clouds to shower the town with more rain so that the water situation improves.
“I just hope we are lucky this year again and get more rain in between. If it does not rain, we are going to be in for the long haul. Water is getting scarcer by the year and I think it is time something drastic is taken up to improve the situation,” added Tura resident, AM Marak.
