Sunday, December 20, 2009

Orissa CM reviews rural water supply in State

Orissadiary.com, Dec 20, 2009


Report by Dioti Ranjan Kanungo; Bhubaneswar (Odisha): The Chief Minister in a high level meeting in Orissa Secretariat reviewed regarding the water distribution of the Rural water supply .The state government has emphasis on the supply of purified drinking water in the rural areas. It has been decided to take up the matter priority basis in which panchayat this programme has not been introduced. As per the review there are 4,092  projects are working  and 439 project under process.
The Chief Minister has instructed to complete the projects within the stipulated time.There are problems in Nuapada, Anugul , Balasore,Bargarh, balangir, Boudh, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Khurda, Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh, Phulbani,  and Puri  etc. 16 districts. About 856 Villages and 1612 bastis have been affested by Fluoride water. Till now 853 Basti has been supplied with pipe waters and during the current years 442 fluoride affected basties will be supplied with pipe water supply.Special programme has been prepared for Nuapada., which is the highest fluoride affected. 23 projects will supply pipe water out of 317 fluoride affected basties.
Among others Minister of Rural Development and Law Bikram Arukh , Development Commissioner Satya Prakash nanda, Principal Secretary of Finance Department Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, Principal Secretary of the Chief Minister Bijaya Kumar Patnaik , Rural Development Secretary S. N. Tripathy were present .

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