Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde directed officials to ensure that every village in the state is provided with clean and safe drinking water, along with sustainable sanitation. He stressed the importance of achieving the goal of 100 per cent household tap connections under the ‘Har Ghar Jal’ scheme and also urged that efforts be made to secure special funds from the Central Government for the Marathwada Water Grid Project, an ambitious initiative aimed at ending drought in the Marathwada region.

A review meeting of the Water Supply and Sanitation Department was chaired by the Deputy Chief Minister at the Sahyadri Guest House in Mumbai on Thursday.