Haryana Government would spend Rs601.8 crore to improve drinking water supply in rural areas of the State during current financial year 2015-16.The State Principal Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department Alok Nigam on Monday said that at present, 2,325 works of drinking water supply estimated to cost Rs2,270 crore are in progress and out of these, Rs1,228 crore have so far been spent.
A target has been fixed to supply adequate drinking water to 650 villages and dhanies during the current financial year, whereas drinking water supply was improved in 578 villages and dhanies during last year, said he.He added that during last year, about 1.25 lakh samples of drinking water were collected and only two per cent of these failed mainly due to leakage in pipelines.