KOLKATA, 28 SEPT: The state public health engineering department will supply piped water to the arid districts of Purulia and Bankura from Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) by undertaking a Rs 2,600 crore project which would be funded by Japan International Coorporation Agency (JICA).
State PHE minister Mr Subrata Mukherjee announced this while releasing a “Vision 2020” document which promises that the department will ensure supply of at least 70 litres of water per head to the entire rural population by the end of the decade.