Solar RO Purifier Plant established by State Government's undertaking Chhattisgarh Renewable Development Agency (CREDA) has become source of safe drinking water for 2,500 villagers in the district, officials stated.
Earlier Andhia Tola, the dependent village of Gram Panchayat Dewarbhat in Balod block of Balod district, was struggling with intense water crisis.
The area had three hand pumps but water supplied from it was not fit for drinking. People of this village were dependent on only on well available for their water needs.
On demand of villagers, the State Government sanctioned Rs10 lakh, which was utilized by CREDA for establishing Solar RO Purifier Plant in October 2015.
Ever since the plant started functioning, villagers are availing 10 litres of safe drinking water supply at a time using water ATM card. 20 liters of water can be collected from water ATM on one water ATM card. People of village have been relieved of the water crisis with installation of water ATM system.
Notably, Chhattisgarh was ranked first in the country for providing domestic water connection in 2014-15 under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), officials stated.
This was the State's second major achievement after bagging first position in the country for installing solar pumps.
The Central Government had given a target of 30,000 water connection for the year 2014-15 under the programme the objective of which is to provide pure drinking water to rural people to protect them from water borne diseases.
The State has provided 88,000 domestic water connections in 10 months of 2014-15 and this is more than 50 percent of total domestic connections provided in the State in past 42 years. In total, the number of domestic connections provided in rural areas has crossed the figure of 2.50 lakh, officials stated.
The PHED is providing safe and clean drinking water to the residents of 1,145 habitats in the State, officials stated.
Earlier, the people in various districts had been getting drinking water with excess iron, hard water and fluoride content, they stated.
The State Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) has installed 33,327 hand pumps during the past two-and-half years in the State till the month of August this year.
During the period, a total of 1000 power operated pumps were also installed, officials stated.
The Department carried out digging of a total of 40,016 bore wells in the State out of which 34,978 were successful.
PHED is providing safe and clean drinking water to the residents of 1,145 habitats in the State, officials stated.
Earlier, the people in various districts had been getting drinking water with excess iron, hard water and fluoride content, they stated.
Water purification plants have been installed to limit iron and fluoride contents and R.O. (Reverse Osmosis ).
State PHED Minister Ramsevak Paikra had initiated the works on nine 'Nal-Jal' Yojanas ( Tap water projects) at a cost of Rs276.67 crore.
The PHED has installed as many as 251 new solar powered pumps in various districts in rural pockets of Chhattisgarh, officials stated.
The Department also installed a total of 8,950 new hand pumps during 2014-15 under the National Rural Drinking Water Mission in the rural pockets of the State.
There were a total of 10,373 tube wells dug up by the Department in the entire State out of which 8,950 wells were declared successful.
During the last financial year, 1,034 new hand pumps were established in rural schools and 1,881 in Anganwadis.
As many as 141 new tube wells were dug in the urban pockets of the State out of which 126 were declared successful during the last financial year.
The drinking water projects have been sanctioned during the fiscal 2009-10 and 2014-15. The projects include installation of 6372 hand-pumps, 91 spot source scheme, 39 Nal- Jal yojana and one water procurement project.
The PHED spent Rs54.72 crore on installation of hand-pumps in Bastar district, Rs5.77 crore on Nal-Jal yojana, Rs3.80 crore on spot source scheme and RsOne crore on water procurement project.