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Ensure proper water, electricity supply: Gehlot to officials

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Press Trust of India Jaipur

Chairing a high-level review meeting, the chief minister directed district collectors to make sure that water supply is proper in remote areas, according to an official.

Gehlot also asked the officials of electricity department to prepare a long term plan to ensure proper supply of power in Rabi and Kharif crop seasons.

"It was informed in the meeting that during the summer season, all kinds of arrangements for water supply are in place in both rural and urban areas of the state. At present, water supply is made through tankers in 50 cities, towns and 2,833 villages and hamlets. Besides, large number of hand-pumps has been repaired to make sure that water supply is adequate," the official said.

 

The state energy and public health engineering minister Jitendra Singh, Chief Secretary C K Mathew, Princial Secretary Finance Govind Sharma and other senior officials were present in the meeting.

  

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First Published: Jun 17 2012 | 8:35 PM IST

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