Water woes in Jammu likely to end this year

19 new tube wells to supply 2 MGD water from Dec-end Water woes of Jammu are likely to end soon as 19 new tube wells being dug by Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) will be made operational from December end this year. Officials of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department said it would add close to 2 million gallon daily (MGD) water, the present shortfall the city is facing. Groundwater is only viable source available at present to meet the requirements of 15 lakh population, despite concern expressed by the environmentalists…

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