Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on November 27 launched the ‘Har Ghar Gangajal’ scheme, under which piped Ganga water will be supplied to every household, at Rajgir in Nalanda district.
Key points
- In the first phase under the government’s Jal, Jivan aur Hariyali mission, two districts of Nalanda and Gaya will be covered for supply of Ganga water.
- In the second phase, Ganga water will be reaching the adjoining Nawada district too.
- About 7.5 lakh households in Nalanda, Gaya and the town of Bodh Gaya will start getting Ganga water from November 28.
- It is said to be the first of its kind project in the country to “store, treat and supply flood waters of the Ganga that the State receives every year during monsoon season, to the districts of Nalanda, Gaya and Nawada”.
