With Chhattisgarh Government’s rising focus on providing tap water connections in insurgency infested districts, a sum of `37.16 lakh has now been approved for Muchbahal village of Mainpur block in Gariaband district.
The approval has been made under National Rural Drinking Water Programme under State Government’s action plan for financial year 2014-15, officials stated.
The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) has achieved considerable success in digging up tube wells in the district during the past three years, officials stated.During the aforesaid period, around 1,500 tube wells were dug in which only 105 remained unsuccessful.
Moreover, during the period, a total of 1,389 new hand pumps were installed out of which 892 were installed under National Rural Drinking Water Programme and 497 were installed by the State Government under its scheme. The hand pumps were installed between April 2012 to December 2014.
Chief Minister Raman Singh has said the State Government had set a target of providing two lakh domestic tap water connections in the rural pockets of Chhattisgarh during the next one year.
Moreover, in view of the summer season, the Chief Minister directed all the district collectors and officials of Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) to pay special attention to provision of drinking water in all public places in the State.He said that during the last financial year ( 2014-15), a total of 94,400 domestic tap water connections were provided in the villages through 2,400 ‘Nal-Jal’ water supply schemes.
The Chief Minister said that the new financial year beginningApril 1, a budget provision of `862 crore had been made for ensuring better drinking water facilities in the State.He said a provision of `5 crore had been made for implementing community water supply schemes in a total of 19 rural pockets of the State.
During the new financial year, a total of 22 cities have been included in the water supply schemes with a budget provision of `28 crore.
Singh stated that during the last financial year, new hand pumps were installed in 2232 rural settlements and 734 schools.
