RAIPUR,CG,BHARAT: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the water supply scheme for Bhatgaon Nagar Panchayat of Surajpur district on October 2, the birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.

He will virtually inaugurate and perform Bhoomi Pujan of water supply schemes approved in 13 states under AMRUT Mission in a program organized by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

Deputy Chief Minister and Urban Administration and Development Minister Arun Sao will join the program from Bilaspur Collectorate at 10 am. He will unveil the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the Collectorate premises soon after.

Water supply scheme in Bhatgaon has been approved under Mission Amrit 2.0. The scheme costs Rs 56.78 crore, drinking water will be supplied to Bhatgaon by constructing an intake well in the Gonda anicut of the Mahan River. Through the raw-water pipeline from Anicut, surface water will be purified in the water purification plant proposed under the scheme and clean drinking water will be made available to Bhatgaon city. At present, 49 liters of water is available per person per day in Bhatgaon city. After the launch of the new water supply scheme in Bhatgaon, 135 liters of drinking water per person per day will be provided there.

Under the Bhatgaon Water Supply Scheme, two MLD capacity water purification plants, three high level reservoirs of total 750 kilo liter capacity, 64 km distribution pipeline and a total of 3,586 private tap connections will be provided. Work order for it was issued in the last month of August. The work of the scheme has been targeted to be completed in the next 24 months.