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Govt. exceeds target on safe drinking water

Staff Correspondent

BHOPAL Madhya Pradesh has taken major strides towards safe drinking water in the rural areas. Against a target of supplying safe drinking water in 2,961 villages, 8,451 villages in the State were provided access to it during the three- month period between February and March this year. The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy has conducted a survey and ranked Madhya Pradesh second in the country when it came to implementing the safe drinking water project. Under the accelerated rural water supply programme, 20,500 rural habitations were provided access to safe drinking water in Madhya Pradesh within a two- year period.

While access to safe drinking water was ensured in 10,700 habitats in 2004-05, the number of habitats covered under it was 9,924 in 2005-06. A State Public Health Engineering department spokesman said that they were taking special steps to institutionalise community- based water supply programme.

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