<span style="color: #222222;">Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur  thanked the Union Government for releasing Rs. 326 crore to the State under Jal Jeevan Mission.<br />'' <br />'' It may be recalled that Himachal  is the only State in the country to have been released all the four installments of Rs. 81.5 crore each by the Central Government.<br />'' <br />'' Chief Minister Jairam Thakur said that this amount is being spent by the State Government to achieve the target of providing piped drinking water to every household of the State at the earliest.<br />''<br />''The Chief Minister thanked the Union Government for releasing the amount under Jal Jeevan mission and also appreciated the continuous efforts made by Jal Shakti Minister Mahender Singh Thakur to make this possible.  He also admired senior officers of the department for empathetically taking up the case before the Central Government.</span><br />