COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN - Puri District

Comprehensive Development Plan – PKDA 2031The demand and supply of water both for Puri town is lot higher than Konark NAC due todifference living standards and requirements of the residents.Both the urban areas do not have any treatment facility has been the major area of concern.Water supply coverage in slum areas has not been given priority in both the urban centresdue to lack of tenure status.Augmentation of new water sources will be the most important aspect for the centres in future.8.1.3 Water Supply facility in rural PKDA:Water supply facility in the rural areas of the region is very poor and below standards. Except fewvillages adjoining to Puri town which is constituted of Puri Sadar there is no provision for piped watersupply in any part in the region. The source of water supply in villages in the area is primarily wellsand hand pumps. The details of existing water supply facilities in rural PKDA are summarized below:Table 8.12: Water supply sources in rural area: PKDADevelopmentNo. of Villages Population Wells (Existing)AreaTanks(Existing)Hand Pumps(Existing)Puri Sadar 16 171880 11 9 12SIZ 95 75244 72 76 81Konark 7 1966 5 4 5Block-A 21 17238 6 12 16Block-B 14 6872 12 3 14Source: PKDA, Puri – population as per PKDA analysis8.1.4 Water supply infrastructure during Tourist Season:During festive season in Puri town different departments namely: Puri Municipality, PHE department,Puri police line etc comes in collaboration with each other to provide extra facilities in the town fortourists. The details of facilities provided by different departments are summarized in this section. ThePHE Department provided 30 water tankers in Puri during the car festivals. This map shows thedeployment of area wise water tanker in Puri town at the time of car festival. According to thegathering of large no. of pilgrims it has kept in different area. Some areas it is kept in 3 no., in most ofthe area 2 nos. also 1 no. Stand by tankers are there for refilling purposes.Map 8.7: Location of water tankers in Tourist seasonSource: Puri MunicipalityCEPT, Ahmedabad 179