Punjab Government would start supplying 10 hours drinking water supply to 1000 new villages every year and so far 1852 villages are being provided 10 hours water supply, State Water Supply and Sanitation and Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa said on Tuesday.
Talking to reporters, Bajwa said that 24 hours water supply was being provided to 107 villages and 24 hours water supply would be started in 50 more villages this year in the State. He said that with the cost of 2200 crore, hundred percent villages would be provided best water supply and sanitation facilities by 2021.
The Minister said new Government projects are being started for the supply of canal water in the villages where the ground water is contaminated. He said that 85 water quality affected villages of District Moga shall be provided safe drinking water by tapping surface water from the adjoining Bathinda Branch by August 2019 at the cost of 176.12 crores. The of 43% work this project has been completed.
Bajwa said that the facility to pay water bills online has been implemented in Mohali district and in next phase this facility would be implemented in the corporation cities.
He said that for checking water samples, the Water Supply Department would set up a world class testing laboratory at Amitrsar and the labs of Patiala and SAS Nagar would be upgraded at a cost of 8.58 crore.
The Minister said 157 new RO plants would be installed at the cost of Rs 123.15 crore in the State.