Drinking water supply in MP will undergo revolutionary change. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed to ensure clean piped water in 20,000 villages. Chouhan was chairing a meeting of Madhya Pradesh Water Corporation’s Board of Directors here on Thursday.
Chouhan said that rural piped water schemes should be of quality. No compromise should be made with quality. He said that difficulty of women fetching water from far off areas has to be redressed. He also stressed the need to create public awareness about making drinking water available and its financial aspects. It was informed at the meeting that the corporation has chalked out 25 drinking water schemes worth Rs 1337.88 crore through which 13.01 lakh population will be benefited. Of these, 19 schemes have been sanctioned under NABARD and 4 under Bundelkhand Package.
On the occasion, enlisted non-government organisations were endorsed for information technology, communication and human resources efforts. It was decided that information about empanelled organisations will be made available to Panchayats, Rural Development and Social Justice Department. The corporation will not assign work to blacklisted institutions.