Hamlet in Harkhod Village to get Solar Hand Pumps Soon

The daily labor will soon come to an end as district administration has decided to set up three solar hand pumps in the area.

Barely 5kms away from Saradr Sarovar Dam are the inhabitants of Tekra Faliya in Village Harkhod of Naswadi taluka who have to walk 3kms every day to fetch water for their day to day consumption.

The daily labor will soon come to an end as district administration has decided to set up three solar hand pumps in the area.

The area, Tekra Faliya, is located at a height of 300 m and inhabits at around 20 to 30 families. Just like other parts of Harkhod village it was impossible to set up hand pumps in this area because of its terrain.

There are no motorable roads and because of which the transportation of drilling equipment was impossible.

However, Chhota Udepur work division of Gujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board (GWSSB) drilled three bores on the hillock using a manual bore drilling machine which they got from Rajkot.

Executive Engineer of GWSSB, Harshad Parmar said, “Tekra Faliya has no motorable roads because of which it was not even possible for trucks to reach there. Therefore taking a truck-mounted rig there is out of question. Recently, we sourced the manual drilling machine from Rajkot which is light in weight and took it to the top with the help of labourers.”

“Two or three people can lift the machine along with a small-sized compressor for applying pneumatic pressure. The truck mounted rig has huge rods and it can dig five bores in one day while this machine can dig only one bore in one day and that too only till 200 to 300 feet,” he further added.

Parmar also added that, “We are planning to install solar-powered water pumps with a water tank on the hillock, and in the long run we plan are to provide water through taps in every house by laying pipelines.”

Source: ET