Raipur, Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district administration has decided to set up 113 hand pumps and borewells to ensure drinking water supply in remote areas inhabited by the Pahadi Kurva community, a particularly vulnerable tribal group, officials said on Thursday.
They added that this step is expected to provide relief to villagers who are currently forced to fetch water from traditional sources located far from their homes.
Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai recently took serious note of the drinking water crisis in remote areas of Surguja and instructed the district collector to initiate immediate and effective action, a government official said here.
Sai stressed that people living in remote forest areas should not remain deprived of basic amenities, and that ensuring that the benefits of social welfare programmes, especially basic services, reach the last person remains the government’s top priority.
He said that following the directions of the Chief Minister, Surguja Collector Ajit Vasant has instructed the concerned departments to complete all 113 hand pump and well works within one month.
The collector said that a land survey has already been conducted and the works will be carried out using District Mineral Corporation funds across various development blocks, including 34 in Lundra, six in Patoli, 22 in Lakhanpur, 11 in Ambikapur, 16 in Sitapur, 20 in Mainpat and four in Udaipur.
Vasant directed all CEOs of Janpad Panchayat to ensure speedy implementation of hand pump and borewell works on priority basis so that a long-term solution for drinking water supply in remote Pahadi Kurva settlements can be ensured within a month.
The Prime Minister’s initiative is expected to provide major relief to thousands of residents in hundreds of remote villages and forest villages who have long been suffering from scarcity of drinking water, the official added.
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