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.
Published 05 July 2018, 19:36 IST