Jamshedpur, Feb. 13 -- The East Singhbhum deputy commissioner (DC) on Friday set a March 31 deadline for completing the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital (MGMMCH) water supply project, which could solve the acute water scarcity at the newly built campus in Dimna, Jamshedpur, officials said.

"I had summoned the contractor and directed him to complete the construction of the 300,000 litres per day capacity water treatment plant (WTP), intake well, and laying of pipelines for bringing water from the Subarnarekha river directly to the WTP and supplying it to MGMMCH by March 31 at any cost. He has been asked to coordinate with the Mango Municipal Corporation (MMC) authorities and ensure that water supply is started within 45 da...