Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will virtually perform bhoomi-pujan and dedicate 19 water supply schemes of various urban bodies on February 5 at 3 pm. The total cost of these schemes is Rs 366.29 crore. Of these, 12 schemes costing Rs 224.50 crore will be dedicated and 7 schemes costing Rs 141.79 crore will be performed bhoom-pujan. Urban Development and Housing Minister Bhupendra Singh will also be present.
About 4.80 lakh citizens of 12 cities will be benefited from the 12 water supply schemes to be dedicated by Chief Minister Chouhan. Under the Chief Minister’s Urban Drinking Water Scheme, water supply projects worth Rs 13.35 crore of Hanumana Nagar Parishad, Rs 12.89 crore of Amanganj Nagar Parishad, Rs 18.18 crore of Nagaud Nagar Parishad, Rs 11.94 crore of Kurwai Nagar Parishad, Rs 7.34 crore of Budhni Nagar Parishad, Rs 8.37 crore of Govindgarh Nagar Parishad, Rs 7.92 crore of Bhanpura Nagar Parishad, Rs 7.29 crore of Badoud Nagar Parishad, Rs 14.70 crore of Nagar Palika Umaria and Rs 4.95 crore of Chhapihera Nagar Parishad will be dedicated. The Chief Minister will dedicate water supply projects worth Rs 29.88 crore of Nagar Palika Parishad Guna and Rs 87.69 crore of Pithampur Nagar Palika under AMRUT Mission.
Under ADB Yojana, CM Shri Chouhan will perform bhoomi-pujan of water supply projects worth Rs 19.55 crore of Dhamnod Nagar Parishad, Rs 21.50 crore of Jaronkhalsa Nagar Parishad, Rs 20.29 crore of Kari Nagar Parishad and Rs 20.52 crore of Lidhorakhas and under World Bank Scheme, he will perform bhoomi-pujan of water supply projects worth Rs 25.90 crore of Bada Malhera Nagar Parishad, Rs 26.52 crore of Sevada Nagar Parishad and Rs 7.51 crore of Naigarhi Nagar Parishad. About 93,000 citizens will be benefited on completion of these projects. Chief Minister Chouhan will also interact with citizens of three cities. The programme will be telecast live through Madhya Pradesh Doordarshan, regional news channels and social media.