MANUAL-1 

Particulars of Organization, Functions & Duties

[Section-4 (1) (b) (I)]

1. Objective/ Purpose of the Public Authority:

To provide safe drinking water to the urban people.

2. Mission/ Vision Statement of the Public Authority:

To improvement the quality and quantity of safe drinking water.

3. Brief history of the public authority and context of its formation:

     This division comes under Housing & Urban Development Department. Govt. of Odisha, Bhubaneswar. Previously the Public Health Division has undertaken W/S and sanitation for both Urban and Rural areas up to July 1992. As per guide lines of Govt. of India for safe water supply to the urban people this Department was bifurcated. Now the Urban Public Health Division under taking the works of providing drinking water in ULB. This Department is getting funds from Central Govt. & State Govt. for different water supply schemes.

4. Main activities/ Functions of the Public Authority:

     This division is mainly executing the works in Municipality & N.A.C. areas for drinking water supply schemes such as -
i) Piped water supply to Domestic use.
ii) Piped water supply through stand post.
iii) Repair and maintenance of Pipe Water Supply.
iv) Sinking of tube wells in different places where there is no Pipe Water supply for public use.
v) Sewerage system & Sewerage disposal to different Govt. buildings.

5. Water Supply to the urban people and its maintenance:

i) Balangir Municipality
Ii) Titilargh N.A.C
iii) Patnagarh N.A.C
iv) Kantabanji N.A.C.
v) Sonepur Municipality
vi) Binika NAC
vii) Tarava N.A.C
viii) Boudh N.A.C
ix) Bhawanipatna Municipality
x) Kesinga N.A.C
xi) Junagarh N.A.C.
xii) Khariar N.A.C.
xiii) Khariar Road N.A.C.

6. Mechanism available for monitoring the service delivery and Public grievance resolution:

     Though there is no specific day for grievances all the Grievances can be heard during office hours subject to availability of head of the office.

7. Citizen Interaction:

Provision has been made so far till enactment of Right to Information Act-2005.

8. Address of the main office :

Executive Engineer, P.H. Division, Balangir, Dist: Balangir, Pin-767001

9. Working Hours:

From 10.00 AM to 5.00 P.M. with half an hour lunch break from 1.30 P.M. to 2.00 P.M.