The State Government is laying more stress on the providing safe drinking water to each household across all blocks and urban areas.
This was informed by the Panchayati Raj and Urban Development Minister Pratap Jena during his current visit to Baleswar to join the Republic Day parade. Jena informed the media that in Baleswar town under AMRUT scheme nine projects have been completed out of 10 which will be completed by March.
For the urban areas of Soro, Nilgiri and Jaleswar two each new drinking water projects have been undertaken.
Special care and remedial measures would be adopted for the area from which reports of iron and fluoride containing water received besides a hi-tech water testing unit would be established in district, Jena, said.