Rajasthan
CM Approves Drinking Water Scheme of Rs 747 Crore for Prithviraj Nagar
- 17 Oct 2022
- 2 min read
Why In News?
- On October 16, 2022, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot gave financial approval of Rs 747.08 crore for the works of Phase-I (Stage II) and Phase-II of drinking water scheme for Prithviraj Nagar in Jaipur.
Key Points
- The Chief Minister informed that Prithviraj Nagar of Jaipur and its surrounding area is being connected with bisalpur dam based drinking water project.
- With this decision of financial approval of the drinking water scheme, 145 sq. km. Distribution system will be set up in the area. Under this, the assembly constituency Sanganer, the assembly constituency Jhotwara and the partial area of the assembly constituency Vidyadhar Nagar will be included.
- Of these, there are 10 wards (full) and 8 wards (partial) of Jaipur Municipal Corporation Greater. Apart from this, there are total 15 villages of assembly constituency Bagru and assembly constituency Jhotwara.
- It is worth mentioning that in the first phase (Phase-I, Stage-I), works worth Rs 563.93 crore are underway, out of which about 70 percent of the works have been completed.
- It is noteworthy that the state government has started 'Bisalpur-Jaipur Drinking Water Project' under the expansion of the population area in and around Prithviraj Nagar area and to meet the far-reaching needs of the public in the coming time.
