Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Sunday said the Center has sanctioned Rs 2,000 crore for the state under the Jal Jeevan Mission to supply drinking water to households. Saha thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat for sanctioning Rs 2,000 crore to implement the piped water scheme.
At present, 56 per cent households in the northeastern state have piped water facilities and the state has plans to supply water to all households. “I am happy to inform that the Union Jal Shakti Ministry has approved Rs 2000 crore for Tripura under Jal Jeevan Mission 2023-24 and this fund is over and above the total Rs 1,930 crore received by Tripura in the last 3 years ” Journalists after attending a party function at Rabindra Bhavan.
Saha said, “I wholeheartedly thank PM Narendra Modi ji and Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat ji for sanctioning the fund. This will ensure drinking water to more households.”
Earlier, the Chief Minister, BJP State President Rajib Bhattacharya, former Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Verma participated in the program organized for the convenience of party workers for BJP’s victory in the assembly elections. “The victory of the BJP in the 2023 assembly elections was not easy and smooth as the opposition tried hard to block the victory of the party. But it was party workers under the guidance of PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda. made the party’s victory possible”, Bhattacharya said.
He called upon the party leaders and workers to start organizational work to ensure the party’s victory in the two Lok Sabha seats due next year. “PM Modiji, Amit Shah ji and Nadda ji helped the state unit of the party in the assembly elections and now it is the prime minister’s turn to give two Lok Sabha seats,” he said.
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