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Drinking Water and Sanitation
Drinking Water and Sanitation
- Coverage of 7,348 rural habitations, (which were previously covered with drinking water, but had slipped back).
- A State scheme “Lohia Swachchhata Yojana” sanctioned under Rural Sanitation Programme at an estimated cost of Rs.1,466 crore for providing incentive to APL and BPL families in rural areas to construct sustainable toilets.
- Construction of 2,20,504 toilets for APL families under “Lohia Swachchhata Yojana”.
- Construction of 4,67,381 toilets for BPL families.
- Construction of 8,927 toilets in schools.
- Construction of 276 toilets in Anganwadi centres.
- Scheme sanctioned with an estimated cost of Rs.18.02 crores for ordinary repair of 1,03,009 hand pumps in 38 districts, Repair of 1,22,942 hand pumps completed.
- 19,912 new hand pumps sunk during the drought period.
- 55 old rural piped water supply schemes made functional.
- Construction of 67 sanitary wells for supply of safe drinking water in arsenic affected habitations.
- Construction of 373 Roof Top Rain Water Harvesting structures.
- 12 new piped water supply schemes taken up.
- Scheme sanctioned with a cost of Rs.14.8 crore to restore 74 old rural piped water supply schemes.
- Scheme sanctioned with a cost of Rs.1.80 crore for water quality testing of drinking water sources. Outsourced to State Referral Institute. Testing of water samples taken up.
- Scheme sanctioned for construction of 3,063 hand pumps with iron removal plant and raised platforms at a cost of Rs.15.09 crore for flood affected districts of Saharsa, Supaul, Madhepura, Purnia and Araria.
- Scheme taken up for construction of 7,721 deep bore wells with India Mark III hand pumps in place of old non-functional hand pumps at a cost of Rs.31.74 crore in 17 districts.
- 1,500 mini piped water supply schemes with electric pumps sanctioned at an estimated cost of Rs.222 crore for rural habitations in 26 drought affected districts.
- 400 mini piped water supply schemes based on solar pumps/diesel generating sets/ other alternative sources of energy sanctioned at an estimated cost of Rs.78.60 crore for remote rural habitations in 26 drought affected districts.
- 100 water supply schemes in fluoride affected villages/ habitations with provision of proper treatment unit and solar pump sanctioned at an estimated cost of Rs.45.19 crore.
- 500 water supply schemes in iron affected villages/ habitations with provision of proper treatment unit and solar pumps sanctioned at an estimated cost of Rs.175.44 crore.
- Piped water supply schemes for arsenic affected habitations of Buxar, Vaishali and Patna districts taken up.
- Scheme for construction of hand pumps with iron removal plant in iron affected villages/habitations sanctioned at a cost of Rs.25.08 crore.
- Spread of awareness about adverse effects of open defecation with drives like ‘Bihar Gram Gaurav Yatra’. As a result construction of 2,12,821 toilets taken up in 17 districts.
