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After taking over the reins of assured water supply to about 65%
Gujarat, dealing with water stress of State’s population in drought Fermanent
. and water insecurity was a big prone and water quality affected Disability, B
g } challenge for me. We drew up an areas through the water supply grid. Ss . ; —
_ = : ambitious strategy for creating a All these efforts have resulted into cer Be
eo State Wide Drinking Water Grid considerable relief from the problem ie Rs bai ——< ae
, 4 , for bulk water transmission from of excessive fluoride contamination. oe one ~
i sustainable surface water resources As per a recent survey, only 987 w ts .
tp wats (ecereeient or' eae habitations have been found to be 7. en 2
| quality habitations. affected and the range of fluoride ‘= et
a Large scale infrastructure has been content has also shrunk considerably. “ime tpl
> created for this purpose, which i} “ines »
Sl includes 1,987 km of bulk pipelines er ~
and more than 115,058 km of if ea c I “
distribution pipelines. About 10,781 wo ff >
hydraulic structures like elevated ok NLA
storage reservoirs with a total f o— Mas
‘ capacity of 1,164 million litres and ‘a . y, a |
10,683 storage sumps and high Pe ae e,
ground level reservoirs with a : Ne
capacity of 2,504.80 million litres LB OK
have also been constructed in the 4 ld
State, Along with thie, 151 water LY»
4 filtration and treatment plants ° 4h ; : % to
5 having a total capacity of 2,750 : 7 3) -
million litres per day (MLD) have if. ’
been constructed. About 2,250 MLD f ms ee
of treated water is delivered to more , «, - .
than 10,501 villages and 127 towns . —<—» ngs
in the State for ensuring safe and e rer werk a.
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