Annual report of the Director of Public Health of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.

  • United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (India). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1926]
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Credit: Annual report of the Director of Public Health of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( * ) 1924, and construction of a tube-well is in progress, a depth of over four hundred feet having been reached with the boring. 37. Jhansi water-supply improvements, Rs. 20 *82 lakhs.—It has been decided that the project for the supply of water from an impounding reservoir at Babina, prepared by this branch, should be carried out by the railway authorities; and all the plans and papers in this connexion have been made over to the railway officials, 38. Kosi water-supply, Rs. 0*91 lakh.—A project for water-supply to Kosi notified area from the well already sunk is under preparation. 39. Lucknow water-supply improvements, Rs. 9*75 lakhs.—A project for re-organizing the distribution has been completed and work will be commenced on sanction of the project and receipt of funds. For the purpose of maintaining an adequate supply to the railway colony an extension of the distribution system was completed at a cost of Rs. 16,000. 40. Moradabad flushing scheme, Rs. 1*99 lakhs.—This work has been completed and the pumping plant is giving satisfactory service, 41. Mussoorie water and electric supply improvements„ Rs, 14*52 lakhs.—The Bhilaru pumps newly installed worked satisfactorily and there have been no complaints of shortage. An estimate for extending the supply to Landour area (Rs. 1*31 lakhs) has been sanctioned and funds allotted ; work will be started shortly. Fair progress has been made on the work of the electric supply extension (Rs, 10*73 lakhs) and some of the plant has already arrived at site. 42. Muttra water-supply improvements, Rs. 1*12 lakhs.—The existing tube-wells were cleaned by back blowing with compressed air and an increase of 25 per cent, in the discharge of three of the wells obtained. The strainer of the fourth well was found to be defective and the well may have to be abandoned. An estimate for a new tube-well and an auxiliary pumping plant (Rs. 0*50 lakh) is under preparation. Proposals for providing an increased supply to the high zone area by the installation of a booster pump are under consideration. 43 Roorkee electric supply, Rs. 0'55 lakh. — An estimate for electric supply to Roorkee has been sanctioned and work will be started on receipt of funds. 44. U nao water-supply, Rs. 1*22 lakhs.—The pipe-laying and building works have been completed ; the erection of pumping plant is in progress and the plant should be ready for pumping water in April, 1927, 45. Other works.—Besides the works noted, proposals for water-supply at Bahraich (Rs. 1*50 lakhs), Bulandshahr (Rs. 1*75 lakhs), Bindachal (Rs. 0*44 lakh), Ghaziabad (Rs. 2*09 lakhs), and other places and for electric supply at Hathras (Rs. 3*75 lakhs) and Hapur (Rs. 2*8 lakhs) are under consideration. Considerable work was done by this department in connexion with water-supply to provincial buildings, e.g., unfiltered water-supply to Government House, Lucknow (Rs. 0T5 lakh), water-supply to Naini (Rs. 0*19 lakh) and Meerut (Rs. 1T2 lakhs) Jails, water-supply and sanitary fittings to Intermediate College and the Provincial Hygiene Institute,