Water tank built under Jal Jeevan Mission collapses in Sitapur village
No casualties have been reported so far. The 3,500-litre zincalume tank was built at the cost of Rs 5.31 crore and commissioned in Jan 2024.
It was constructed as part of Har Ghar Jal Yojana, a flagship scheme under the Jal Jeevan Mission to provide tap water to rural India.
Meanwhile, additional chief secretary Anurag Srivastav, who is also the mission's director, ordered a technical audit of all Har Ghar Jal tanks in Sitapur. This was the second tank collapse in Sitapur and the fifth in
Uttar Pradesh
.
Taking cognisance, the state water and sanitation mission (SWSM) took action against 12 employees—from junior engineers to assistant engineers of the Rural Water Corporation and the Mission itself—who were either suspended or dismissed.
The construction agency, NCC Limited, was blacklisted, as was the third-party inspection firm that had greenlit the project.
A 5% liquidated damages penalty was slapped on NCC.
Spokesperson of the SWSM said, "Action has been taken by the department against officials, issued blacklisting notices to NCC and the inspection agency, and ordered a probe."
The executive engineer Rajiv Kumar has been served chargesheet and departmental inquiry has been initiated against him, assistant engineer Sanjeet Yadav, and junior engineer Saurab Singh Yadav have been suspended, while the district's third-party inspection head was sacked on the spot.
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The mission has formed a high-level committee—comprising a chief engineer from the rural water corporation, another from the mission, and a superintendent engineer—tasked with delivering a report within three days.
Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, more than 16,000 tanks have been tested in the state so far. "Out of these, only five reported damage, and immediate action was taken against those responsible in the case of tank damage," said an official.
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