The district administration has installed RO water purification plants in tribal-dominated Koriya district.
Under this move, the district administration has installed water purification systems in district headquarter Baikunthpur as well as all block headquarters, Municipal Corporation Chirmiri, nagar panchayats and remote villages.
As per information received, the Koriya District Collector has sanctioned Rs180.60 lakh from lWE/IAP and minor mineral fund for installation of water purification systems in 24 locations in 2014 and 2015 costing Rs7 lakh for each system.
As of now, water treatment plants have been installed in identified villages under block Baikunthpur, Sonhat, Manendragarh, Bharatpur and Khadgaon.
With installation of water treatment plants, people are getting clean drinking water at very low cost of 5 litres per rupee.
Between January 4, 2015 and January 4 this year, the concerned authority has collected Rs1.93 lakh with consumption of 10 lakh litres of water by people from purification plant installed at Bazaarpara under Baikunthpur block.