After 8 Months Of Crippling Drought, First Water Train Finally Reaches Latur
A special train with five lakh litres of water was sent to drought stricken Latur in Marathwada region
A special train carrying around five lakh litres of water for parched Latur in Marathwada region, which is battling the worst drought ever, reached the town on Tuesday morning.
AP
The 'water train' with 10 wagons carrying water for Latur on Monday had left from Miraj in western Maharashtra.
"The first batch of ten wagons, each with a capacity of around 50,000 litres, were filled with water at Miraj railway station (in Sangli district of Maharashtra)," chief spokesperson of Central Railway Narendra Patil said.
Water train reached Latur , water being filled up in a well for further distribution. @sureshpprabhu pic.twitter.com/1bRqAE7YMD
¡ª CPRO Central Railway (@Narendra_IRTS) April 12, 2016
The administration has acquired a huge well, located about 5-7 km from Latur, to store the water. District collector Pandurang Pole is camping at Latur railway station and arranging for a pipeline from the spot where the train would halt to the well. The Latur administration has reportedly made available 70 tankers with a total capacity of 22,000 litres available for the transport of water from the well.
Train with drinking water arrives at #drought affected Latur early this morning. Distribution to begin soon. pic.twitter.com/PVpnksq5jS
¡ª Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) April 12, 2016
Patodkar said Latur city requires 20 million litres of water a day and the administration provides a supply just once in 15 days in one rotation.
Special train carrying 5 lakh litres of water for drought hit Marathwada region reaches Latur pic.twitter.com/IJynMklrIT
¡ª All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) April 12, 2016
TOI
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had said on Sunday that Maharashtra government and railway ministry were working hard to bring relief to people in the drought-affected region.
TOI
Though the railway official declined to reveal the charges that the railways would be collecting from the state government, he said that the transporter's priority is to reach out to the people.
