Agartala, Jul 22, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Tripura government has set a goal to ensure piped drinking water facility to every household under the Jal Jeevan Mission by December this year, said Drinking Water and Sanitation (DWS) Minister Sushanta Chowdhury.

The DWS minister, who reviewed the implementation status of the scheme in all eight districts during a meeting at Prajna Bhavan on Thursday, emphasized on timely completion of the project. 

He also passed an instruction to the officials and all other concerned involved in implementing the scheme to go for target-based work for the next few months to achieve the goal.

In the review meeting, the DWS minister announced that the district where the target would be achieved first would be awarded. 

Chowdhury reviewed the implementation status of Jal Jeevan Mission as well as the challenges. He stressed on accelerating the pace of the works in Dhalai, the Aspirational district.

PWD secretary Kiran Gitte, PWD Chief Engineer Shyamlal Bhowmik, engineers from various divisions and circles and representatives of outside agencies associated with the project were present in the review meeting.