jaipur the state government is continuously monitoring the drinking water situation in the state through control rooms and covid19 war rooms said phed minister b d kalla on tuesdayeven before the lockdown began assessing the potential problem of drinking water during the summer season the state government has allotted rs 50 lakh to each district to meet contingencies added kallaon recommendation of the district collector contingency proposals received from departmental officers including new tube wells private wells on rent replacement of damaged pipeline and faulty pump sets have been approved and work is in progress additional proposals are also being approved by the department as per requirement the minister saidat present drinking water is being transported in 27 cities through 1962 tanker trips daily similarly 640 tankers daily supply water to 757 villages facing shortage of drinking watera total of rs 65 crore including rs 41 crore for rural areas and rs 24 crore for urban areas was released on march 30 for water transportation in the state special instructions have also been issued to provide water by tankers under sdrf in four water scarce districts of jaisalmer barmer jodhpur and hanumangarh kalla addedthe minister said that the 44th hand pump repair campaign has started in the state from april repair work of 16610 hand pumps has been carried out so far this is in addition to repairs of 211302 hand pumps in rural areas and 32147 hand pumps in urban areas carried out in 201920moreover the state government has also issued approval for 531 vehicles for hire and 2500 contract workers for hand pump repair campaign and water schemes on january 31 a threetier monitoring is in place for redressal of complaints related to drinking water during the lockdown period and summer season control rooms have been set up at the statelevel and in all districts they are functional 24x7 the statelevel control room is at the jal bhawan in jaipur the phed minister said