State has got Rs 75 cr this yr for rural water supply

Rural Development Minister Badri Narayan Patra on Tuesday informed the Assembly that the State Government has so far received a total of Rs 74,73,86,000 for the current fiscal from the Centre under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) to supply water to rural areas.

Replying to a question of Congress member Chiranjib Biswal and additional questions put by KV Singh Deo (BJP), Amar Prasad Satpathy (BJD) and Debashis Samantaray (BJD), the Minister said no sanctioned fund coming under the NRDWO has been returned to the Centre without being spent.

The State had received Rs 315, 04, 81, 251 in 2013-14 in 2013-14 and Rs 251, 03, 66, 000 in 2014-15 from the Centre to undertake water supply projects in rural areas. The Government spent Rs 291, 66, 73, 000 crore and supplied water to 1202 villages and hamlets in 2013-14. Similarly, Rs 301, 16, 68, 000 was spent and water was supplied to  1,366 villages and hamlets in 2014-15.

While a total of 571 Pipe Water Supply (PWS) schemes were commissioned in 2013-14, 432 PWS schemes commissioned in the last year, the Minister said. Out of total 10,137 PWS projects, only 246 are defunct now, the Minister added.