The state government has announced Jaladhare, an ambitious project aimed at ‘permanently solving the problem of drinking water in rural areas’, at a cost of Rs 53,000 crore.
“In the rural areas, the government has decided to obtain drinking water from rivers
and reservoirs, and supply after purification through Jaladhare project in a staged manner at an estimated cost of Rs 53,000 crore.
Our government has planned to implement this project in five years to permanently solve drinking water problem in rural areas. A detailed project report (DPR) will be prepared to implement the project,” Chief Minister
H D Kumaraswamy said in his budget speech.
This big-ticket project, which will be implemented by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) department, aims to provide piped water supply to every village in the state.