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  • 23 Dec 2022
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104 Modified Small Drinking Water Schemes (OTMP)

Why In News?

  • On December 22, 2022, in the meeting of the Finance Committee of Rajasthan Water Supply and Sewerage Management Board (RWSSMB) under the chairmanship of Dr. Subodh Agarwal, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department of Rajasthan, the department approved 104 modified small drinking water schemes worth Rs. 1055 crore 99 lakh. Administrative and financial approval was given to the schemes (OTMP).

Key Points

  • Dr. Subodh Agarwal said that the department is taking rapid steps towards achieving the target set by the Jal Jeevan Mission. Through these Small Drinking Water Schemes (OTMP), water connections will be provided to 1 lakh 18 thousand 588 every household in the state.
  • In the meeting, the tender for Tinwari-Mathania-Osian-Baori-Bhopalgarh water supply project worth Rs 183.83 crore was approved in Jodhpur district. Apart from this, tender for Narmada based water supply project to Barmer and Ramsar tehsils worth Rs 131.97 crore was also approved. Under the project, water connections, construction of clean reservoirs and pumping stations will also be done in 217 villages of these two tehsils.
  • In the meeting, a tender of a project worth Rs 34.34 crore was approved to provide drinking water from Lhasi Dam to more than 20 villages of Chhabra and Chhipa Badaud areas of Baran district. Under this, works like high reservoir, pumping station, water connection will be done.
  • Apart from this, a tender worth Rs 11.79 crore was approved to provide water connections in 11 villages of Badgaon Panchayat Samiti of Udaipur district.
  • A tender worth Rs 6.05 crore was also approved for works like water connection and pipeline in villages under the Desert Development Program (DDP) of Bhopalgarh Panchayat Samiti of Jodhpur district.

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