The drinking water in more than 4,000 settlements of the State is of poor quality, including 3,922 settlements, with excess iron content in drinking water.
This was disclosed by Home Minister Ramsewak Paikra in the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Monday. In a written reply to a question filed by Congress member Satyanarayan Sharma, Paikra said that there are no settlements in the State where drinking water is affected by presence of arsenic and chloride.
However, there are 3,922 settlements where iron content is in excess in drinking water. As many as 121 settlements are facing problem of salinity, he said.
The Minister replied that arrangements for drinking water have been made in the settlements with problem in drinking water.In another question, Sharma asked about the number of tubewells dug in the State by drilling machines from April 2014 to January 2015 and how many tube wells dug were successful ( water was found) and how many failed.
Paikra replied that 5916 tube wells were bored out of which 5073 tube wells were successful while 843 failed.Sharma also asked about number of drilling machines sent to Bastar division in the financial year 2014-15. Paikra replied that 27 drilling machines have been sent to Bastar division.
