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Total number of Rural water Supply Scheme being taken up by the PHED in the state is 2752 while the total number of Urban Water Supply Schemes is 47. The Rural Water Supply covers a total population of 21, 94,910 and the urban water supply covers a total population of 6,35,457. This was answered by PHED Minister I Hemochandra while replying to a question asked by MLA K Shyam during question hour in the ongoing session today.
In a supplementary question asked by the MLA, the minister said that most of the water supply scheme are functional but some are not. However, as the question was asked to give answer for the total number of water supply scheme he answered it.
