Mayor flags off mobile water testing lab for Chandigarh
Chandigarh, October 31:- To ensure safe and potable water supply in the city beautiful, Smt. Sarbjit Kaur, Mayor, Chandigarh today flagged off mobile water testing laboratory from MCC office premises in the presence of Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner and other officers of MCC.
The lab, funded under the AMRUT scheme will help onsite testing of different water quality parameters like pH, Residual Chlorine, TDS, Conductivity, outdor and Turbidity (NTU) of water samples.
Congratulating the people of Chandigarh, the Mayor said that the mobile water testing lab will travel across the city to quickly identify the water quality problem on the spot.
She said that the people in colonies and villages are not much aware about benefits of clean drinking water. Besides offering on spot testing of water quality, the mobile water testing lab will also spread awareness about clean drinking water.
Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh said that to provide best quality potable water to the residents of Chandigarh by upgrading the water testing lab under AMRUT scheme located at water works sector 39 Chandigarh to ensure the quality of water as per BIS10500.
She said that the mobile water testing lab van has been introduced to check and ensure the water quality being supplied to residents in Chandigarh. The mobile water testing van will be able to get the physical test of water done on site to identify any initial indication of poor water quality, so that immediate appropriate action can be taken for rectification of water quality.
She further said that the mobile water testing lab van will also take 15-20 water samples daily from city which include 8 mandatory samples from water works located in various parts of city, 5 to 6 samples from rehabilitation colonies, one water sample from village alongwith random samples from Govt. buildings, hospitals, markets and area under complaint etc. which will cover water sampling from all wards of Chandigarh twice in a month to ensure and maintain best quality water supply to the citizens of Chandigarh.
