Hazaribag: A month-long drinking water quality testing campaign across all 16 blocks of Hazaribag district has found all 15,529 samples collected from different sources to be within prescribed safety limits, officials said on Wednesday.The exercise was conducted by the drinking water and sanitation department on the directions of deputy commissioner Hemant Sati to assess drinking…
Ranchi: Jal sahiyas (community water volunteers) in the state will soon receive periodic vocational training in plumbing at industrial training institutes (ITIs).During a review meeting of the drinking water and sanitation department on Tuesday, chief minister Hemant Soren directed that jal sahiyas be provided plumbing training and entrusted with the responsibility of repairing faulty handpumps…
Ranchi: CM Hemant Soren on Tuesday urged the Union ministry of Jal Shakti to integrate Jharkhand’s ‘jal sahiyas’ (water volunteers) into the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) framework.The pitch was made during the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the state govt and ministry for the rollout of Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0. Hemant told…
