Parameswaran Iyer, secretary in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation and an erstwhile World Bank expert on water-related issues. In the end, people would prefer to have piped water supply in their households. There are a variety of reasons as to why drinking water supply, particularly in rural areas, is challenging. We have taken a first step towards that goal by restructuring the national rural drinking water programme and turning it into a performance and results-based scheme. Any village which has become open defecation free (ODF) will get priority for water supply through piped water.

Source: Mint March 23, 2018 18:22 UTC