Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the Shivamogga and the Beklagavi districts of Karnataka on Monday to inaugurate water supply projects worth more than Rs 2,500 crore under the Jal Jeevan Mission which will benefit more than 13 lakh people of the two districts, according to a press release.
On February 6, PM Modi laid the foundation stones of two Jal Jeevan Mission projects at Tiptur and Chikkanayakanahalli in Karnataka’s Tumakuru.
The Tiptur Multi-Village Drinking Water Supply Project will be built at a cost of over Rs 430 crore, a press release said. The multi-village water supply scheme to 147 habitations of Chikkanayakanahlli taluk will be built at a cost of around Rs 115 crores. The projects will facilitate the provision of clean drinking water for the people of the region.
PM Modi laid the foundation stone of the Yadgiri multi-village drinking water supply scheme under the Jal Jeevan Mission at Kodekal, Yadgiri District on January 19. A water Treatment Plant of 117 MLD will also be built under the scheme. The project, which costs more than Rs.2050 crore, will provide potable water to about 2.3 lakh households of more than 700 rural habitations and three towns of the Yadgiri district.
The projects have been launched as part of the PM’s relentless focus on the provision of safe drinking water supply in all households of the country, the release said.
