Nagaland today got an innovative water solution technology project - solar powered water treatment units - in three villages of the state capital.
State minister for Public Health Engineering (PHE), Noke Wangnao inaugurated the water treatment unit at Tsiesema village about 13 kms away from state capital Kohima while similar two units were installed and made functional in Meriema and Kijumetouma villages.
These were the most water scarce villages of Kohima district, Wangnao said in his inaugural address while stating the project was funded by the Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in 2009 under The National Rural Drinking Water Program (NRDWP).
Mumbai based company Adittya Corporation developed the Solar powered water treatment unit, he said adding the three units were valued at Rs 149.61 lakh and would provide drinking water facility to 2,639 people of the three villages.
"We have to look for other options and technologies in the form of rain water harvesting, water supply by pumps and revival of traditional wells," Wangnao added.
