Rs 335 Crores mega drinking water project moving at a snail ‘ pace

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Rs 335 Crores mega drinking water project moving at a snail ‘ pace

December 22

19:07 2022

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BY AKSHYA ROUT

Jajpur, Dec 22: Rs 335 crores drinking water supply project, which aimed at providing water in 77 Gram Panchayats under Dharmasala and Barachana blocks in Jajpur district is moving at a snail’s pace.

The state government in 2019 had started the project work . But the work of the drinking water project is yet to be completed .

Pratap Jena the then minister Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Law, Housing & Urban Development stated in the state assembly on 29 March 2022 while giving reply to the question of Barachana MLA Amar Satapathy that the mega drinking water project would be completed within15 December 2022.

When contacted Kulamani Moharana the Assistant Executive Engineer of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS), Jajpur’ “In 2019 the government had started the work of this project to strengthen drinking water supply in the perennially drinking water scarce villages. The project would be completed in 2023’.