Ensure clean drinking water supply: ZP CEO

Mysuru: Mysuru zilla panchayat’s chief executive officer (CEO) KM Gayathri urged gram panchayat officials to supply clean drinking water to villagers.
She spoke after inaugurating a workshop about measuring purity of drinking water organised at the ZP. “It is the duty of GPs to ensure clean water after testing the purity. The authorities must measure cleanliness of all the sources and take measures to ensure cleanliness of tanks,” she said.
The report of the tested water should be uploaded on Water Quality Management Information System, she said. The WQMS task force committee must deliver works in effective manner, she directed.
Executive engineer for rural drinking water and sanitation department AS Ranjith Kumar explained about prevention of water contamination using FTK kit and H2S tests. He also conducted an experiment on testing water through FKT kit.
ZP deputy secretary (development) Krishnaraju was present.