State water scheme inspires Centre

• Bihar’s Har Ghar Nal scheme – a part of the seven resolves of the state government and one which entails supplying piped drinking water to all households – has caught the Centre’s attention.
• The Centre, in fact, is advising other states to follow it to ensure quality drinking water supply to households.
• Union minister of state for rural development Ram Kripal Yadav shared this information on Friday during a programme organised by the state government to give impetus to the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural).
• The Har Ghar Nal scheme is being implemented in all the 1.14 lakh wards of which the public health and engineering department is working in 56,000 wards and in the remaining ones, the panchayati raj department has given the task of providing piped drinking water to people.

Functions:

• Ensuring access to safe water.
• Supply of drinking water to rural areas and development of sanitation facilities.
• Constant monitoring of quality of drinking water supply.
• Ensuring participation of communities in schemes involving drinking water supply and sanitation.
• Reforming water supply and sanitation sector

By: Ziyaur Rahman