RS. 47.54 CRORE RELEASED TO RAJASTHAN FOR RURAL DRINKING WATER

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The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs. 47.54 Crore for rural drinking water to Rajasthan. The funds are for centrally sponsored Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme under Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM) during the year 2002-03. With this, Rs. 103.65 Crore stands released as first installment under ARWSP to Rajasthan.

The funds are meant for execution/completion of schemes to provide safe drinking water facilities to rural habitations and schools under the centrally sponsored ARWSP. Priority shall be accorded to cover Not Covered (NC), Partially Covered (PC) and water quality affected habitations of the State. As per targets fixed for the current year the government of Rajasthan has to cover 1895 Not Covered and 9105 Partially Covered habitations in addition to the coverage of 2500 schools. These targets should be met out of the funds released under ARWSP and the matching State resources.

The Ministry has also released Rs. 42.69 lakh under RGNDWM for Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities in four districts in Rajasthan during 2002-03. The Districts are: Dholpur Bundi, Jhalwar and Sirohi.