<p>A Bill to provide the rural population of the State the legal right to sanitary facilities will be introduced in the State legislature in its next session.<br /><br /></p>.<p>H K Patil, the Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, said that the draft of the proposed ‘Karnataka Rural Sanitary Facilities Guarantee Bill – 2014’ was ready and would be introduced in the legislature in the winter session. <br /><br />“This Bill seeks to provide legal right to the rural population with backing of budgetary support and also land acquisition if necessary,” Patil said, speaking at a meeting of State rural development ministers. <br /><br />Patil said that the State government was already spearheading the sanitation campaign on a mission mode.<br /><br />“The government is determined to provide pure drinking water to all and to make the State free from open defecation by 2018,” he said. <br /><br />According to Patil, the State government needs at least Rs 7,427 crore to implement and commission all rural sanitation and drinking water projects it had embarked upon, including the multi-village schemes and the ones in Design-Build-Operate-Transfer mode. <br /><br />He requested Gadkari to provide Karnataka additional assistance for regional water supply schemes. <br /></p>
<p>A Bill to provide the rural population of the State the legal right to sanitary facilities will be introduced in the State legislature in its next session.<br /><br /></p>.<p>H K Patil, the Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, said that the draft of the proposed ‘Karnataka Rural Sanitary Facilities Guarantee Bill – 2014’ was ready and would be introduced in the legislature in the winter session. <br /><br />“This Bill seeks to provide legal right to the rural population with backing of budgetary support and also land acquisition if necessary,” Patil said, speaking at a meeting of State rural development ministers. <br /><br />Patil said that the State government was already spearheading the sanitation campaign on a mission mode.<br /><br />“The government is determined to provide pure drinking water to all and to make the State free from open defecation by 2018,” he said. <br /><br />According to Patil, the State government needs at least Rs 7,427 crore to implement and commission all rural sanitation and drinking water projects it had embarked upon, including the multi-village schemes and the ones in Design-Build-Operate-Transfer mode. <br /><br />He requested Gadkari to provide Karnataka additional assistance for regional water supply schemes. <br /></p>
