NABARD okays Rs 185-cr drinking water scheme
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 16
The government has decided to implement a scheme for augmentation of drinking water supply in 84 villages of two blocks in Palwal district and one block in Faridabad district by constructing a Ranney well and deep tubewells in Mohna village. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has approved a financial assistance of Rs 185 crore, 85 per cent of the project cost, for its implementation.
Minister of State for Public Health Engineering Banwari Lal said this project would tackle the problem of salinity, excess fluoride and non-availability of sufficient groundwater in the 84 villages of Prithala and Palwal blocks in Palwal and Ballabgarh block in Faridabad.
He said the project would be completed within three years and benefit a population of 4.70 lakh in the 84 villages.
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