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All they got out of the taps was trapped air, not water...
The water crisis is not new, but projects like the Har Ghar Nal Se Jal scheme, the ambitious initiative launched in 2019 by the Prime Minister Modi-led government to provide piped water connection to every house in rural India, raised the hopes of the people...
Accused of not delivering on the water issue, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who is also the Member of Parliament from Jodhpur and is now seeking another term, has promised that the people will be rid of their water woes within a year...
Lekin aapke pani ki samasya main hal zaroor karunga (I am no magician, but I will definitely solve your water problem), Shekhawat told a group of people in Balesar village in Jodhpur district..
MP Shekhawat, in an interview to ThePrint, alleged that the Ashok Gehlot government stalled water projects of the Har Ghar Nal Se Jal scheme, resulting in the water crisis in Jodhpur..
