Piped drinking water in remaining Mahadalit Tolas in the next three months: Bihar Govt
The Bihar government aims to provide piped drinking water to all remaining Mahadalit Tolas within three months. The initiative is part of the 'Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal Yojana' launched in 2016, which has significantly increased access to piped water in rural areas. The government has also reported improvements in groundwater levels and has set up a grievance redressal system for water supply issues.
- ▪Bihar's Public Health Engineering Department plans to complete piped drinking water installation in Mahadalit Tolas within three months.
- ▪The 'Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal Yojana' has increased the number of families receiving piped water from 2.66 lakh in 2016 to 1.87 crore in 2026.
- ▪The state has seen a significant improvement in groundwater levels, with the number of Panchayats in very serious groundwater categories declining by 66 percent since 2019.
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Bihar Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Minister Sanjay Kumar Singh on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) said that the facility of providing piped drinking water in all the remaining Mahadalit Tolas (hamlets) will be completed within three months under ‘Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal Yojana’.“Our focus is to provide piped drinking water to the Mahadalit Tolas. Our target is to complete the installation of piped drinking water within three months,” Mr. Singh told reporters during the press meet in Patna, while accompanied by the Department’s Principal Secretary Rajesh Kumar, Engineer-In-Chief Nityanand Prasad and Engineer-In-Chief Abhay Kumar Singh.With a view to providing safe drinking water to families in rural areas, the State government launched ‘Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal Yojana’ in 2016.
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