<p>Following the Karnataka High Court order to the State government to make arrangements to provide potable water to all government schools , Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has chalked out a plan to provide water connection to187 schools in the district. <br /><br />The government primary and higher primary schools which are dependent on water connection from the Gram Panchayat all these years can heave a sigh of relief, if the scheme is implemented. <br /><br />Many government schools which are having water connection from the Gram Panchayat at present are prone to several problems, especially shortage of drinking water during power cuts. <br /><br />With six to 12 hours power cut in the villages, the schools literally struggle to store water as there would not be water supply. <br /><br />During winter and summer the schools face shortage of water supply in the afternoon when the mid-day meal is offered to children. <br /> <br />Speaking to Deccan Herald Zilla Panchayat Executive Engineer Sathyanarayana S L said that the Zilla Panchayat has selected 187 schools from the district for the project. <br /><br />As per the project plan, individual water supply units will be developed in the selected schools, along with providing electrification, pipeline and syntax tanks. <br /><br />As many as 41 schools from Mangalore taluk, 26 from Bantwal taluk, 45 from Belthangady taluk, 46 from Puttur taluk and 2 from Sullia taluk have been identified for having individual water connection, said the Executive Engineer.<br /><br />He said that the ZP has prepared an action plan of Rs 173.2 lakh which is likely to receive the approval soon.<br /><br /> “The tender process will be called soon and the ZP intends to complete the project in all the 187 schools before March 2012,” he said.<br /><br />Jalamani scheme<br /><br />The implementation of the project would also enable the ZP to extend Jalamani scheme to all the schools in the district. Jalamani scheme is a project that provides water filters to the government primary and higher primary schools in the district. <br /><br />In the last two years, the ZP has provided water filters 412 schools in the district based on three categories.<br /><br />During the first year, i.e in 2009-10 the water filters were provided to the schools which are having both over head tank and electricity supply, while in the II phase in the year 2009-10 water filters were provided to schools with only over head tank, but no electricity supply. But the schools without overhead tank and electricity supply were not supplied with water. <br /><br />However with 187 schools getting new water connections, they too could benefit under Jalamani scheme. <br /><br />ZP Executive Engineer said that they did not make a move to provide water filters to schools without over head tank and electricity supply as it is a costly affair. But with the State government’s project to provide individual water connections to the schools, an additional number of schools will be provided with water filters, he informed.</p>
<p>Following the Karnataka High Court order to the State government to make arrangements to provide potable water to all government schools , Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has chalked out a plan to provide water connection to187 schools in the district. <br /><br />The government primary and higher primary schools which are dependent on water connection from the Gram Panchayat all these years can heave a sigh of relief, if the scheme is implemented. <br /><br />Many government schools which are having water connection from the Gram Panchayat at present are prone to several problems, especially shortage of drinking water during power cuts. <br /><br />With six to 12 hours power cut in the villages, the schools literally struggle to store water as there would not be water supply. <br /><br />During winter and summer the schools face shortage of water supply in the afternoon when the mid-day meal is offered to children. <br /> <br />Speaking to Deccan Herald Zilla Panchayat Executive Engineer Sathyanarayana S L said that the Zilla Panchayat has selected 187 schools from the district for the project. <br /><br />As per the project plan, individual water supply units will be developed in the selected schools, along with providing electrification, pipeline and syntax tanks. <br /><br />As many as 41 schools from Mangalore taluk, 26 from Bantwal taluk, 45 from Belthangady taluk, 46 from Puttur taluk and 2 from Sullia taluk have been identified for having individual water connection, said the Executive Engineer.<br /><br />He said that the ZP has prepared an action plan of Rs 173.2 lakh which is likely to receive the approval soon.<br /><br /> “The tender process will be called soon and the ZP intends to complete the project in all the 187 schools before March 2012,” he said.<br /><br />Jalamani scheme<br /><br />The implementation of the project would also enable the ZP to extend Jalamani scheme to all the schools in the district. Jalamani scheme is a project that provides water filters to the government primary and higher primary schools in the district. <br /><br />In the last two years, the ZP has provided water filters 412 schools in the district based on three categories.<br /><br />During the first year, i.e in 2009-10 the water filters were provided to the schools which are having both over head tank and electricity supply, while in the II phase in the year 2009-10 water filters were provided to schools with only over head tank, but no electricity supply. But the schools without overhead tank and electricity supply were not supplied with water. <br /><br />However with 187 schools getting new water connections, they too could benefit under Jalamani scheme. <br /><br />ZP Executive Engineer said that they did not make a move to provide water filters to schools without over head tank and electricity supply as it is a costly affair. But with the State government’s project to provide individual water connections to the schools, an additional number of schools will be provided with water filters, he informed.</p>