By Jumai Nwachukwu/Ifeanyi Uwagwu
Residents of Asaba, Okpanam and environs have been assured of unfettered access to portable water supply soon.
This assurance was given by the state Commissioner for Water Resources Development, Dr Tosan Wilkie, when he embarked on an inspection tour to water projects in Asaba and Okpanam on Tuesday.
At the Asaba Water Supply scheme at Ogbeogonogo, which is still under rehabilitation, the Commissioner urged the contractor to speed up the job, to ensure the primary purpose of the water scheme, which is to provide water for residents around the area.
Wilkie also visited the ongoing water project at the Delta State Urban Water Corporation (DESUWACO) premises, a proposed generator-powered 40,000 gallon capacity project, close to the drilling phase which would serve residents around legislative quarters, Macdons axis and around NTA axis.
The Commissioner then paid visit to the Delta State Urban Water Corporation, Okpanam Station, a 40,000 gallon capacity project, under rehabilitation to serve residents of the community and environs.
In his general assessment, Wilkie urged the contractors, TAP Engineering Construction to increase their urgency in handling the projects, so that the goals of the projects would be met.
He also disclosed that when the projects were completed, they would all be linked together, so as to serve Deltans from Asaba, Okpanam and other nearby communities, as the state aimed to increase and sustain its capacity in providing portable water supply to all.
The representative of the construction firm handling the projects, Ike Onubogu, assured the Commissioner and his team of their commitment to ensuring that the water projects would be completed in the coming weeks.
Onubogu also assured them that the drilling would commence at the Okpanam Station in the coming days.
