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Pure drinking water units to be installed in villages: Siddaramaiah

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 Keeping their promise to the public, the state government has installed over 300 pure drinking water units in rural areas. Each family in those areas would get 20 liters of pure water for Rs two.

The chief minister Siddaramaiah launched the pure drinking water supplying scheme at Vidhana Soudha on Wednesday. Additionally, the state government has planned to install pure drinking water units under 6,000 village panchayats across the state. In the current year, the state is targeting to install atleast 100 pure drinking water units.

To prevent the public from various diseases in rural areas, the government is providing pure and safe drinking water, the CM informed. However, in the coming days, the government will give more priority on installing more pure drinking water units across the state, he said.

"It is a big challenge for the government to setup separate pure drinking water units at each village. However, the NGOs and the corporate companies must come forward to support the cause and provide financial aide for installing such units. MLAs should also provide money from their funds," Siddaramaiah said.

The government has already had sanctioned money for setup 2,000 pure drinking water supply units. The government will be ready to provide more funds to supproy this pure drinking water scheme, chief minister added.

"The government would start up 1000 pure drinking water supply units in next three months. Within 15 days another 500 pure drinking water units would be added to the project. However, the chief minister has assured that, there will no shortage of fund for the implementation of the scheme" minister for Rural Development, HK Patil said.

Under the scheme, in rural area each family can get 20 liters of pure drinking water by paying only Rs 2. For one litre water one must pay Rs 10 paise. However, in a day one family can get 20 liters of water for drinking purposes. One such drinking water unit has been installed even at Vidhana Soudha also

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