New Delhi: Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone for the water supply project in Manipur on Wednesday through a video conference. Speaking on the occasion, PM Modi said that even as the country is fighting relentlessly against COVID-19, Eastern and North Eastern India had also to face dual challenges of heavy rains and floods which cost many lives and rendered many homeless.
Referring to the Water Supply Project, which is being implemented at a cost of Rs 3000 Crore he said it would reduce the water problems of the state and would be especially providing a huge relief to the women of the State. Shri Modi said that apart from Greater Imphal, the project would benefit 25 small towns and 1700 villages in the state. The project has been designed keeping in mind the needs of the next two decades.
Through this project, millions of people will have access to clean drinking water at their home and thousands of people will also get employment, he added.
He recalled that last year Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in the country with a target of providing piped water to more than 15 crore houses and today about one lakh water connections are being installed every day in the country, with the participation of the people.
He also said that Ease of Living is a necessary prerequisite for a better life and is the right of all including the poor. Prime Minister said that work is on a mission mode to provide safe drinking water to every household.
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