A nearly 75-km pipeline network, with 28 pumping stations, will aid the supply of around 75 million litres of drinking water daily to 4.5 lakh people in 174 villages of Valsad district in Gujarat
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June 10, 2022 13:18:18 IST
PM Modi launched the Astol Group Water Supply project on Friday and laid the foundation stone of projects worth Rs 3,050 crore at Khudvel, a tribal region in Navsari district.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated a group water supply scheme that will supply potable water to 174 villages in Valsad district of Gujarat.
The visit to his home state is being seen as the BJP’s attempt to reach out to tribal voters in the region, who have been unhappy about the Par Tapi Narmada (PTN) project.
Congress MLA Anant Patel had led protests against the now-scrapped project. Tribal communities had feared that the river-linking project would displace thousands of them. The protests were believed to have influenced the BJP to scrap the project.
What is the group water supply project?
According to Hindustan Times, nearly 4.5 lakh tribal people from 174 villages and 1,028 hamlets in Dharampur and Kaprada taluka of Valsad district in Gujarat will get tap water facility with Astol Group Water Supply scheme.
PM Modi had laid the foundation stone for the project in 2018 with an aim to supply potable tap water to homes in remote tribal villages under the Nal se Jal mission.