Provision of drinking water in the rural areas was a priority of both the Centre and State governments. Under the programme for which Chief Minister Hemant Soren has sanctioned Rs 10.5 crore for project in and around Sisai in Gumla district.
Under the National Rural Development Programme (NRDWP) in the financial years 2013-15 both state and Centre would equally share the funding of the scheme. The concerned executive engineers would ensure that the programmes were executed within the sanctioned funds.
The CM, under NRDWP, also sanctioned a project of Rs 5 crores 48 lakhs for rural water pipeline scheme at Madhupur during the financial years of 2013-14 and 2014-2015. Under the scheme repair work of intake well along with pump house would also be undertaken.
Under the same programme infiltration gallery, river protection work, intake well with pump house and other works would be undertaken in areas around Nala in Jamtara district at the cost of about Rs 5.5crores.
Apart from these schemes the CM has sanctioned 468 small water supply schemes on which Rs 74 crores would be spent. The scheme is based on high yield drill tube-wells with a discharge of 5000 liters per hour.
Under the NRDWP overhead tanks would be constructed with supply of water to forty to fifty houses. In the implementation of the schemes, covering more than one village, the common infrastructures would be maintained by Drinking Water and Sanitation Department and within the villages the internal distribution network will be done by Village Water Sanitation Committee.