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• The Centre has agreed to upgrade around 319 km of state roads in Santhal Pargana into national highways.State road secretary N N Sinha said the government had submitted a proposal to the Centre for upgrading roads of Santhal Pargana into national highway. "Our proposal has been accepted and the Centre will soon make notification," said Sinha.

• The state government will constitute a high-power committee headed by the chief secretary that will explore the possibilities of water conservation, rain water harvesting, use of solar energy in water purification and develop small irrigation projects based on local techniques. The decision to constitute the committee was taken after a meeting of chief minister Arjun Munda with Upmanyu Lal, a professor of Columbia University. State water resources secretary S K Satpathy and his counterpart from the drinking water and sanitation department Sudhir Prasad was also present. Lal is an expert in hydro climatology and director of the university's water centre. tnn

• Sources in the chief minister's secretariat said the chief minister tried to know from Lal about the techniques that can be used for water purification by solar energy. "He also discussed about the possibilities of use of water present in abandoned mines of the state," said a source.

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