Public Health Engineering (PHE) department has installed nearly 5,073 hand pumps in various districts of the State within short span of 10 months, from April 2014 to January 2015, in the previous financial year 2014-15. Meanwhile, the department had to dig out 5916 tube-wells, out of which 5073 tube-wells were successful for installation of hand pumps.
From April 2014 to January 2015, the department has erected 368 hand pumps in Rajnandgaon districts, 309 in Balrampur-Ramanujganj district, 306 in Raigarh district, 274 in Surajpur district, 266 in Dhamtari district, 265 in Koriya district, 262 in Bastar district, 251 in Mahasamund district, 243 in Jashpur district, 224 in Kabeerdham district, 222 in Janjgir-Champa district, 199 in Raipur district, 195 in Korba district, 190 in Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, 180 in Bilaspur district, 179 in Kanker district, 158 in Bijapur district, 153 in Gariaband district, 143 in Dantewada district, 118 in Bemetara district, 117 in Mungeli district, 105 in Sarguja district, 100 in Durg district, 86 in Narainpur district, 73 in Kondagaon district, 49 in Balod district, and 38 new hand pumps in Sukma district.