Punjab Water Supply and Sanitation Department has bagged the ‘SKOCH Order of Merit Award’ for providing clean water supply in rural areas of Amritsar district.
The SKOCH group, India's leading think tank dealing with socio-economic issues with a focus on inclusive growth since 1997, would give the award to the Department’s concerted efforts in providing potable water in rural areas of the state.
“Punjab Government is making all-out efforts to further improve the water supply and sanitation in the State. The Department has initiated a special drive to resolve water supply problems in the rural areas of Amritsar district. Under the drive.
Arsenic treatment plants have been set up in 66 villages of the district at a cost of Rs 18.53 crore and arsenic treatment plants and domestic arsenic treatment units are also being set up in other 218 villages at a cost of Rs 37.85 crore,” said an official spokesperson.
The spokesperson said that apart from this, four major schemes of canal based water were also being executed in Amritsar district at a cost of Rs 379 crore.
With the commissioning of all these schemes, around 12 lakh people of 359 villages of the district would get clean drinking water, added the spokesperson.
The spokesperson said that the Department would be felicitated with the Award on January 16, 2021, in a virtual ceremony.
Congratulating the team comprising Senior Engineer JS Chahal, executive engineers Puneet Bhasin and Charandeep Singh for large scale initiatives in resolving drinking water supply issues in the district, the Minister in-charge Razia Sultana said that with their tireless efforts, the Department has been able to secure the ‘SKOCH Order of Merit Award’.