Chhattisgarh has joined the leading states of the country by ensuring availability of 55 litres of pure drinking water per person per day.
The Chhattisgarh government, by quashing the bar of minimum of 2,000 people in villages to ensure supply of water supply, has ensured easy availability of clean drinking water to even residents of lesser populated rural areas.
The state government is working on a policy of providing clean drinking water using surface water sources along with rainwater harvesting and utilization of ground water.
‘Minimata Amrit Dhara Yojana’ was started by the state government in 2019 to provide drinking water to BPL families by providing free tap connection. So far, 40,831families have got free domestic tap connections.
There are about 20,000 villages in Chhattisgarh. Drinking water is being provided in 3,000 of them through the pipeline under the ‘Jal Aawardhan’ scheme. Along with it, the ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ aims to ensure door-to-door supply of clean drinking water in every village by tap.
The Department of Public Health Engineering has introduced its new Unified Schedule of Rate (USOR). It will be easier to carry out construction and repair works related to drinking water.
Iron removal plants have been installed to make the water drinkable in settlements where there is an excess of iron element in the water. Such settlements are more in Bastar region, where 50,000 people are being supplied pure drinking water.
Similarly, drinking water is being provided to about 40,000 people by installing fluoride removal plant in 600 settlements.
Nearly 40,000 people are being provided pure drinking water by installing Arsenic Removal Plant in Chowki Nagar Panchayat of Rajnandgaon district and 20 nearby villages where there is excess of toxic elements like arsenic in ground water.
Uninterrupted supply of potable water is being made through solar based dual pumps in remote, inaccessible, low voltage problem areas of the state. For quick redressal of complaints related to potable water during summer, control rooms have been set up at all district headquarters.