Jal Jeevan Mission | 18 Nov 2022

According to information received from Chhattisgarh Public Relations Department on November 17, 2022, pure drinking water is being supplied under the Jal Jeevan Mission in rural areas of the state. So far, 16 lakh 42 thousand 479 household tap connections have been installed in the state.

It may be noted that a detailed review of the works of solar-based, retrofitting, multi-village and single-village schemes is being done from time to time by Jal Jeevan Mission Director Topeshwar Verma.
He has given instructions to the officials to make arrangements for running water in schools, sub-health centers and Anganwadi centers, ISA training, wall writing, painting etc. to publicize the works of Jal Jeevan Mission in a time-bound manner. Along with this, instructions have also been given to ensure that the updated information of all the work in progress is entered in the IMIS portal.
In the budget for the financial year 2022-23, a provision of one thousand crore rupees has been made in the Jal Jeevan Mission. Along with this, the target is to provide tap water to 23 lakh 57 thousand 744 rural households for the financial year 2022-23. So far, 6 lakh 18 thousand 491 rural households have been provided tap water in this financial year.
It is worth mentioning that under the Jal Jeevan Mission in the state, fast work is being done to provide pure drinking water at the rate of 55 liters per person per day. So far, pure drinking water is being supplied through tab taps in 43 thousand 844 schools, 41 thousand 661 Anganwadi centers and 17 thousand 278 gram panchayats and community sub-health centers in the state.