State Public Health and Engineering Minister Ramsevak Paikra on Tuesday reviewed the drinking water projects at Bastar region with Jagdalpur MlA Santosh Bafna at the Mantralaya here.
Public Health Engineering Special Secretary Shehla Nigaar and top officials were also present at the meeting.
Paikra also met a delegation of citizens from Surguja, Balrampur-Ramanujganj and Surajpur districts and noted down the developmental activities. Notably, PHED had 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.