Sabroom, Dec 01, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Sabroom Dec 1: Drinking Water Resource (DWS) and Information and Cultural Affairs (ICA) Minister Sushanta Chowdhury inaugurated two projects and distributed bicycles to students in Sabroom on Thursday.  

The Minister distributed 853 bicycles among an equal number of students of 22 schools spread over two blocks and Sabroom Nagar panchayat areas at Sabroom HS+2 School ground today. He also interacted with students on various topics there.

Sushanta Chowdhury inaugurated the DWS Office of the Sabroom division and later inaugurated the indoor stadium at Harintila in Sabroom today.

Inaugurating the DWS Office, Chowdhury said the State government decided to open additional four divisions of the DWS – in Sabroom, Jirania, Kanchanpur and Amarpur - to materialize the dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Har Ghar Nal se Jol.

He said, Around 57 per cent of the total households in the State were brought under the piped drinking water supply scheme whereas the coverage rate was only 3 per cent before the BJP government came into power.

Sushanta Chowdhury, during his Sabroom tour, also attended a public meeting organized by the local BJP Mandal at Sabroom today.  Among others, local MLA Sankar Roy accompanied Chowdhury during the visit.