All Rural Households Will Get Free Water In This State: Rs 250 Crore Will Be Spent Annually

• From now onwards, rural areas in Himachal are going to receive free domestic water supply.
• Just two months after announcing 125 units of free electricity to consumers, the government of Himachal which is led by Jai Ram Thakur made drinking water free in all rural regions of poll-bound state.
• The Himachal Pradesh governor is exercising the power given to him under Section 5 of the Himachal Pradesh Water Supply Act, 1986, and has ordered that consumers in rural areas of the state shall be provided free domestic water supply and no money will be charged from 1st May for domestic water supply.

Himachal Pradesh’s governor made domestic drinking water free

The Himachal Pradesh governor has exercised the power vested with him under Section 5 of the Himachal Pradesh Water Supply Act, 1986, in order to provide free domestic drinking water to consumers in rural and no money is going to be charged from them after 1st May for domestic water supply 

News comes just two months after the announcement of 125 units of free electricity to consumers

Just two months after announcing 125 units of free electricity to consumers, the Jai Ram Thakur-led state government made drinking water free in all rural regions of the poll-bound state.

The Himachal Pradesh governor is exercising the power given to him under Section 5 of the Himachal Pradesh Water Supply Act, 1986, and has ordered that consumers in rural areas of the state shall be provided free domestic water supply and no money will be charged from 1st May for domestic water supply. The decision is going to be advantageous for about 11.5 lakh consumers. However, it will add an annual ?250-crore burden on the state exchequer. Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal had promised 300 units of free electricity to the people of Himachal if his party was voted to power.

Daily honorarium of home guards deployed in the state has been raised

The daily honorarium of almost 5,000 home guards deployed in the state has also been raised from ?675 to ?883 per day. “The jawans receive a monthly honorarium of ?20,258. This has been increased to ?26,492,” the CM said, and also added that the state government had implemented the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission.