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Drinking h2o scarcity has been reported successful 324 villages crossed 60 taluks successful 20 districts of Karnataka, said Priyank Kharge, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, and Information Technology & Biotechnology.
The Minister said successful a merchandise connected Saturday (April 4) that h2o is being supplied to 76 villages done 76 tankers, portion 248 villages are being provided h2o by leasing 280 backstage borewells.
“To code urgent requirements, ₹60 crore has already been allocated to districts. Additionally, ₹48 crore has been released towards clearing pending bills of works undertaken by the task forces successful March 2026. Further, ₹14.50 crore has been allocated for the repair of purified drinking h2o units,” the Minister stated.
Officials astatine district, taluk, and gram panchayat levels, including Chief Executive Officers of zilla panchayats, are maintaining continuous monitoring and conducting regular reappraisal meetings to guarantee uninterrupted supply, helium said.
“Water prime investigating is being carried retired crossed villages and habitation areas utilizing tract investigating kits. In cases wherever h2o prime exceeds permissible limits, samples are being re-tested successful adjacent laboratories. Where contamination is confirmed, alternate harmless drinking h2o sources are being arranged,” Mr. Kharge said.
The State has 26,676 villages crossed 31 districts, with 57,883 habitation areas covering implicit 1.01 crore households. During summer, galore h2o sources adust up and borewell output reduces. To code this, regular monitoring systems person been enactment successful place, and exigency drinking h2o works are being undertaken to guarantee proviso during drought-like conditions, the merchandise said.
“Priority is fixed to leasing backstage borewells wherever drinking h2o scarcity arises successful agrarian areas. If required, h2o volition beryllium supplied done tankers. Efforts are besides being made to resoluteness issues done flushing and deepening of borewells. New borewells volition beryllium drilled lone successful unavoidable circumstances and strictly based connected geologist reports,” the Minister said.
To fortify preparedness, reappraisal meetings are being held each 2nd and 4th Monday with Panchayat Development Officers (PDOs) and Zilla Panchayat CEOs, helium said. Additionally, 24/7 power rooms person been established successful each Zilla Panchayats, and Rapid Task Forces person been formed astatine the taluk level, helium added.
