Patna: Of 30,272 wards in the villages contaminated with groundwater sources, as many as 29,180 of them are equipped with drinking water tap safely under the rural cm drinking water scheme, according to communiques received from the State Public Health Engineering Department (Phed)).
This popular scheme is called Har Ghar Nal Jal.
Through reasonable consequences, PHED has 96% achievements for its credit.
Drinking water supplied to the ward concerned free of fluoride contamination, arsenic and iron content beyond permitted limits.
The department also stated that the center had also conducted a third party survey of pipe water supply provided in villages.
According to this survey, 95% of the village has received unbroken pipe drinking water supplies.
In accordance the center survey conducted in connection with the supply of pipe water, most of the residence has received safe drinking water.
Of the 1.08 lakh inhabide in the state, only 467 still has contaminated water, the central survey report has noted, adding that they include six villages that have arsenic contamination and one fluoride, while water is available at 460 iron residence in Outside the allowed limits.
Has taken five years to make achievements in this case, when the ward with contaminated groundwater has been mapped, but the scheme to provide pipe water supply begins by Phed in 2016.
In addition, 1,379 wards have been included below 11 drinking water supply system projects different multi-villages.
At that time, ground water at 3,791 ward 11 districts had fluoride contamination, while ground water in 14 other districts had arsenic poisoning in 4,742 of their wards.
Ground water as much as 21,739 wards in 12 districts have an iron content outside the approved limit.
‘95% of the village in Bihar gets tap drinking water ‘
