As many as 306 hand pumps have been installed by the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) in Koriya district, stated officials on Friday.
The Department has installed around 113 hand pumps during April-December period last year and 193 hand pumps have been installed in 2014-15.
The Department officers said 337 tube wells have been dug for hand pumps in 309 villages of which hand pumps have been successfully installed in 306 tube wells.
Overall, PHED has installed over 11,000 new hand pumps across the State during financial year 2015-16.
Moreover, 580 single phase power pumps have been installed in the tube wells of the hand pumps at the regions facing ground water depletion.
PHED officials informed that around 12,826 hand pumps have been extended by 56,000 meter riser pipes. Similarly, 20,334 hand pumps have been changed by 80,828 riser pipes.
Officials further stated that in order to extract water through tube wells of the hand pumps, hydro factoring was done in over 1,000 hand pumps.