Banks to raise funds for water scarcity-hit areas

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Banks to raise funds for water scarcity-hit areas [1]

Total Contribution Would Be Close To 150 Crore

Pune: The state cooperation department has decided to raise funds for people in the water scarcity-hit areas from cooperative banks and credit societies. The total contribution would be close to Rs 150 crore, said officials from the state cooperation department. Last week, state cooperation minister Harshvardhan Patil had made an announcement that funds will be raised for the scarcity hit areas. In the backdrop of the announcement, the cooperative department has come up with a fund raising plan.

Publication Date:

11/03/2013

Author(s): Nikhil Deshmukh [2]

Source: Times Of India (Pune) [3]

Tags:

Maharashtra [4], Drinking Water Scarcity [5], Water Pricing [6], Water Distribution [7], Finance [8], Drinking Water [9], Water Supply [10]

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