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WATER SUPPLY  IN LAKSHADWEEP ISLAND              

All the islands of Lakshadweep are problem villages as far as drinking water supply is concerned .There is no source of surface water available in these islands. The rain water collected under ground is to be tapped. However, there is no proper organised  sewage disposal  system ,the ground water  table is constantly getting contaminated. As people of these Islands have to depend on saline water for their needs such as drinking, washing, bathing etc. as these islands are surrounded by the sea,  this is the only way for them to meet their needs. As a part of investigation for proper utilisation of ground water, piped water supply is provided with southern part of kadmat island covering  about  100 families .A solar distillation plant  having capacity of 2000 litres per day was erected at  Bitra island to feed the entire  population  on 19th January ,1983. A Rs. 3 crore scheme for providing safe piped water supply to all other islands has been worked out with the help of the Public Health Engineering Department of Kerala for covering all Islands in this Territory .Now three islands of Lakshadweep, that are Kavaratti (capital), Agatti and Minicoy Islands  have  better drinking water supply  as they have been provided with  Desalination plants which is organised and developed by NIOT (National Institute of Ocean Technology). These have been very helpful for inmates of these Islands, now the scheme ‘water supply ‘ is under implementation in all other islands except at  Kalpeni  where  sufficient land has not been made available to the Administration.