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CM LAYS THE FOUNDATION STONE OF CANAL WATER BASED AMBITIOUS PROJECT AT PATREWALA
February 25, 2023
To ensure clean and potable drinking water to every household, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday formally laid the foundation stone of first of its kind project in Patrewala village at a cost Rs. 578.28 crore.
The CM said that the ground water of this area has a great extent of TDS and other elements, which is the main cause of fatal diseases like Hepatitis C, cancer, skin diseases and others. He said that particularly the Balluana constituency was facing acute shortage of drinking water thereby the state government had decided to set up the project in this area. Bhagwant Mann said that this project will provide potable water to 122 villages and 15 Dhanian (Hamlets) hailing in various Blocks of Abohar, Khuiyansarwer, Arniwala and Fazilka.
He said that once completed this project will cover a population of 4,75,144 in 79,190 households. The project is purely based on a canal water system which will draw water from Gang Canal with a capacity of 68 MLD and the project will be completed in record time of just 30 months. He said that people will be immensely benefited by it as around 750-km pipeline will be laid and 21 water supply schemes will be set up to provide drinking water to every household by Larsen and Toub
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