The Chhattisgarh Government would take up a total of eight tap water projects in the insurgency infested Narayanpur district.
The Government has approved `2 crore for the project which would be implemented under National Rural Drinking Water Programme, officials stated. The Government is working to take drinking water pipelines inside red zones to remote villages in Bastar.
`2.43 crore is sanctioned for five tap water projects in Sukma district. The projects would be implemented in three villages of Chindgarh Development Block and two more villages in the Konta Development Block.
The State last month had approved nine drinking water projects in Kondagaon district for supply of clean and pure water through pipelines. `3.57 crore was kept aside for the project under National Rural Drinking Water Scheme, officials stated.
last month, the Public Health Engineering Department had sanctioned five 'Nal-Jal' projects under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme for Bastar district. Pure drinking water will be supplied through pipelines, officials stated. The State Government will spend about `2 crore on the project. Public Health Engineering Department Minister Ramsewak Paikra ordered the department officers to complete the projects on time. Two 'Nal-Jal' schemes are meant for lokapal Development Block, one each for Bastanar, lohdiguda and Jagdalpur Development Block.