Water conservation: Har panchayats to get awards

Chandigarh: The Haryana government has instituted awards to honour village panchayats for their achievements in conservation of water.

A campaign will also be launched to make children aware of water conservation from an early age, Haryana Public Health Engineering Minister Kiran Choudhry said here today.

The awards will be given as one time untied grant, she said.

Choudhry said 2011 was observed as ‘Water Conservation Year’ by the state government.
The Minister said at the first meeting of the Haryana Water Supply and Sewerage Board here yesterday, Rs 2359.20 crore were approved for upgradation of water supply and sewerage works in urban and rural areas.

PTI