BJP members walked out of the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Thursday alleging delay in implementing a drinking water scheme in Gariaband district and saying they were not satisfied with the reply of the Public Health Engineering Department Minister.
On the fourth day of the Budget session, Ajay Chandrakar, Brijmohan Agrawal, Narayan Chandel and others raised the issue of a two-year delay vis-a-vis the drinking water scheme for residents of Supebeda village in Gariaband.
Around 75 deaths have been reported from the area and villagers recently called on the District Collector seeking permission to die.
Minister Guru Rudra Kumar said the village has 1,183 residents and they are being provided water under ‘Naljal’ Scheme.
The government has given administrative sanction of Rs 1,278 lakh which will cover suction pumps, pipelines and tanks in nine villages. The work order was issued on October 21, 2020.
When the opposition sought to know the reason for the delay, the Minister said even after 15 years in government the BJP could not provide drinking water while the Congress government will complete the project soon.
Not satisfied with the answers, BJP members trooped out raising slogans.