Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday announced that free water supply will be provided to all the 45.48 lakh rural families by 2023.
The state will at any cost comply with the deadline, an official communication quoted him as saying.
Baghel virtually launched 658 works at a cost of Rs 238.56 crores across 16 districts. It will cover 65,396 households. The Chief Minister also flagged off the publicity vehicle of the ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’.
At present 5.66 lakh households have been provided the water supply connection, he said. In the current fiscal, the budgetary allocation for this is Rs 850 crores.
The Chief Minister underlined the need to conserve water and said weater recharging structures should be built in villages.