Haveri
Work on providing tap water to all villages in Shiggaon assembly segment under Jal Jeevan Mission will be completed by December, said former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
He spoke after performing the bhoomi puja for the work to provide drinking water to every house as part of Ganga Scheme under the Jal Jeevan Mission for 2022-23 at Tadas village in Shiggaon taluk.
Bommai said the scheme was funded by both the state and the Union governments. Out of Rs 438 crore earmarked for Jal Jeevan Mission scheme for Shiggaon, Savanur and Hangal taluks, Rs 3 crore has been given to Tadas village. Around 2,500 houses will get tap water, he claimed. Bommai also noted that even after 75 years of independence, several villages were denied drinking water in the state. As many as 25 lakh houses were given tap water in the last 25 years but in the last three years, 30 lakh houses have got tap connection. This credit would go to the previous BJP government, he added.
