The Chhattisgarh Government has spent a whopping amount of Rs 588.70 crore on water infrastructure in last two years to ensure supply of clean water to villages, towns, and schools, a Government statement claimed on Tuesday.
The public health department is also not behind in spending and has spent Rs 396.65 crore in the fiscal year 2012-2013 while Rs 192 crore was spent by the department in the subsequent year. The State Government has spent Rs 270 crore 58 lakh in 2012-2013 under different drinking water schemes, while more than Rs 126 were spent under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme
During the current financial year, under different water supply schemes, the Chhattisgarh Government has spent 93 crore 85 lakh rupees. Under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme it has spent 97.84 crore rupees, the statement said. Under this programme, the State Government as a part of its State share, spent 108 crore 66 lakh rupees in 2012-2013. Until December 2013 the amount of money already spent would be 62 crore 31 lakh rupees, it said.
In order to preserve ground water the Government has also spent Rs 60 lakh The public health department has spent Rs 17 crore 74 lakh for the installation of new tube wells in 2013. During the period as many as 2052 tube wells were installed from the given amount, 1770 tube wells were successfully working, it said.