Chief secy pledges water for all.
Ranchi, May 10: Chief secretary Rajbala Verma today assured Jharkhand High Court that the government was committed to providing safe and hygienic drinking water to every citizen of the state.
Verma who appeared in person before a division bench of Chief Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty and Justice Ananda Sen in a PIL said she was personally monitoring drinking water supply in the state.
The bench observed summer months were worse and scarcity of drinking water was unacceptable.
"Water is like a life saving drug.
On the court asking Verma about the poor condition of hand pumps in the state, she said: "Hand pumps are repaired and replaced as and when required."
Verma endorsed it.
The high court initiated the PIL after a report on water scarcity was published in a Hindi daily last April.
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