Durg Division Commissioner Ashok Agrawal inspected development works going on under the ‘Nal-Jal Yojana’ at Berla, Bemetara and Saja development blocks of Bemetara district.
Agrawal, accompanied by Collector Rita Shandilya, evaluated the construction of RCC intake-well on the bank of the Shivanath River in Bawanlakh village and the filter plant and the water tank under progress at Amor and Kobiya Bhatha villages respectively.
Agrawal directed the Public Health Engineering Department officials to pay special attention towards the quality standards of works and complete them within the given time-frame.
The PHED officials informed the Commissioner that to give relief to 152 villages from getting contaminated water, the State Government had approved Rs 192 crore for the ‘Nal-Jal Yojana’ at various places.
A total of 57 villages of Bemetara development block, 54 villages of Navagarh and 41 villages of Saja block will soon get benefits of the scheme, as the Department has been laying pipelines in 751 kilometres and with the help of 139 overhead tanks, pure drinking water would be supplied to these villages, they said. The Commissioner also conducted surprise inspection of Government Primary School and Middle School of Devari village.