Shillong: During the inauguration ceremony of Greater Sohra Water Supply Project, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi aims of providing pure drinking water to every households of the country before India complete its 75 years of Independence.
The 25 crore Sohra Water Project was jointly launched by the Jal Jivan Mission, the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and the Government of Meghalaya under the North-East Special Infrastructure Scheme.
Stressing about the developmental works of the Northeastern states Amit Shah said that Modi government aims to provide pure drinking water to every household in Meghalaya on the occasion of 50 years of the northeastern state.
Further, Shah said the Modi government planned to provide pure drinking water to 2,80,000 families in Meghalaya, which is clubbed into 1,874 small projects.
Moreover, Shah said that to deliver such a project in this mountainous state is itself a challenging as well as important.
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