Drinking Water Facility Creation

To ensure potable safe drinking water at the household level for the local communities living in the vicinity of JSPL's business locations, the JSPL Foundation has undertaken multidimensional efforts addressing problems in drinking water availability by construction and maintenance of overhead tanks with pipe lines, bore wells, hand pumps at community places, schools and villages. Moreover, supply of potable water tanker during the stress period and with the customised water tanker, providing chilled drinking water throughout the year is also done.

JSPL Foundation also has been addressing problems in drinking water availability by installing tube wells and solar based facilities in the communities, schools. During pre- monsoon servicing and disinfection of water sources, repair and maintenance of such facilities including deepening of ponds and water bodies few major activities undertaken.

Through this initiative :

  • 18 lakhs+ people are benefitting.
  • 290 Tube well with Hand-pump installed at All location
  • 38 Overhead water tanks at (Tensa, Patratu, Angul, Barbil, Raigarh & Tamnar)
  • 3 Customized van supplying chilled drinking water throughout the year, 3 Water ATM's and 2 excess Iron Removal Plants.
  • No cases of vector borne diseases have been identified due to provision of safe drinking water facilities in our periphery villages.
  • Reduction in women drudgery is a major challenge addressed through these initiatives.