Clean Drinking Water to Every Household in Bihar by 2020: CM Nitish Kumar

Kumar inaugurated and started work under key “Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal” scheme at a cost of Rs 11,501 crore of Public

Health and Engineering Department (PHED) at a function. He said he has been told that similar targets for the country has been set for 2024 and across the world by 2030, an official release said here.

Piped water supply to every household forms part of “Saat Nischay” (seven resolves) of good governance of Kumar’s

ministry in Bihar. The chief minister interacted through video conference with some of the beneficiaries of the scheme in different parts of the state.

Dwelling on other developmental works of the state government, he said, efforts are on to provide electricity for irrigation purposes and toilet in every household to save people from diseases occurying due to open defecation. He said similarly to protect citizens from ill affects of alcohol consumption, prohibition was implemented in the state in 2016 on demand of women.

The chief minister also inaugurated or started work under different projects of Urban Development and Panchayati Raj departments among other on the occasion.