ADB nod to Rs 770 cr loan for safe drinking water project in Himachal Pradesh

New Delhi, July 24

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of around Rs 770 crore to fund a safe drinking water and sanitation project in Himachal Pradesh. The loan has been provided under the Himachal Pradesh Rural Drinking Water Improvement and Livelihood Project, the ADB said in a press note on Saturday.

It said that more than 90 per cent of the state’s rural population had access to drinking water, but the water supply infrastructure was old and had deteriorated over the time, resulting in inefficient and poor service. The ADB project will connect 75,800 households to the service, providing uninterrupted water supply to about 3.7 lakh residents in 10 districts.

“The project meets the objectives of the Jal Jeevan Mission, a national flagship programme of the Union Government, which aims to provide piped water to all rural households by 2024,” said Jude Kohlhase, ADB Unit Head of Project Administration on Urban Development and Water for South Asia.