Labour Minister and Dharwad district in-charge Santosh Lad has directed authorities to take measures to ensure there is no scarcity of drinking water for people and livestock in Dharwad district.
He was chairing a meeting of officials along with elected representatives from the district at his office at Vikas Soudha in Bengaluru on Friday. He asked the officials to make water tanker arrangements for supply of drinking water to villages that were prone to scarcity.
Expressing displeasure over implementation of the expansion of 24x7 water supply project in Hubballi-Dharwad, Mr. Lad said he had received several complaints on laying of pipelines, delay in land acquisition, and poor grievance redressal system. He said even elected representatives had expressed dismay over the poor maintenance and execution by L&T company, which had bagged the contract.
