Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Saturday said that water conservation is the need of the hour and the government has fixed a budget of Rs. 1,100 crores for it this year.
He said that a significant number of borewells in the city of Faridabad had stopped functioning as a result of the decline in groundwater levels. Due to this, a large number of people are not getting portable drinking water. He said that when this matter came to notice, it was asked to find an expert agency for recommendations.
After extensive research, it came to Light that some people in Maharashtra are working on reviving the stalled borewells. Thereafter, these people were contacted and the entire work was taken up by Awaaz Foundation and Rotary Club. Now, this project is being started in Faridabad city and initially, 100 borewells will be revived under it. He said that in this project, a borewell will cost Rs. 50,000. Rotary Club and Awaaz Foundation will jointly contribute to it.