Haryana Government has decided to implement a scheme for augmentation of drinking water supply in quality affected villages in the State.
“These villages are in two blocks in district Palwal and one block in district Faridabad. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has approved a financial assistance of `185 crore, as 85 per cent of the project cost for its implementation,” said Minister of State for Public Health Engineering, Banwari lal.
He said that this project has been approved to tackle problem of salinity, excess fluoride and non availability of sufficient ground water in the selected 84 quality affected villages of Prithala and Palwal blocks of district Palwal and Ballabgarh block of district Faridabad.
Apart from this, the prospective population of about 10.20 lakh persons in these villages would be benefited with safe drinking water, which would have a direct effect in improving the health of the people, leading to improvement in the socio-economic conditions and productivity. After the implementation of this project, these 84 villages would be upgraded for drinking water supply at the rate of 70 liters per capita per day, said the Minister.