Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania has said that the government had made a provision of Rs 318 crore to be spent on drinking water, Irrigation, flood control and sewerage schemes in the Bhattiyat Assembly constituency of Chamba district during this financial year.
Pathania said this while presiding over a meeting of officers of the Jal Shakti Department at the Dalhousie Circuit House recently to review the implementation of various departmental schemes.
This scheme would ensure uninterrupted drinking water supply to a Population of around 28,000 in 318 rural settlements of 20 panchayats, he said. The drinking water project would be completed within the next two years, he added.