Lok Sabha Question No. 42 (STARRED), answered on 2021-07-22
Subject: Drinking Water Connections in Odisha
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 42 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2021

## DRINKING WATER CONNECTIONS IN ODISHA

- *42. SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) The  number  of  households  in  Odisha  which  have  been  provided  with  drinking  water connection  under  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  alongwith  the  number  of  people  benefited  therefrom, district-wise; and
- (b) The details of funds allocated to Odisha under the said mission, district-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH  SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) & (b) A Statement of reply is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 42 due for reply on 22.07.2021

- (a) As on 15 th August, 2019, at the time of launch of Jal Jeevan Mission, in Odisha, out of 85.67 lakh rural households, 3.11 lakh households (3.74%) had piped water connections. In the  past  22  months,  23.38  lakh  households  have  been  provided  tap  water  connections  thus increasing the tap water supply to26.49 lakh households (30.93%). The district-wise details of households which have been provided with tap water connection is at Annex-I.
- (b) The details of Central  fund allocated to Odisha under Jal Jeevan Mission  in 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22, are as under:

(Amount Rs. in Crore)

* as on 19.07.2021

| Financial Year   | Fund allocated   | Fund drawn by the State   |
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
| 2019-20          | 364.74           | 364.74                    |
| 2020-21          | 812.15           | 609.11                    |
| 2021-22          | 3,323.42         | * 830.85                  |

Under Jal Jeevan Mission, the ministry does not make district-wise allocation of funds.

*****

Annex-I Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 42 due for reply on

## 22-07-2021

## District-wise details of number of households (HHs) having tap water connections in Odisha

(Nos. in Lakh )

| S. No.   | District       |   Total rural HHs |   Total rural HHs with tap connections (as on 15.08.2019) |   No. of HHs provided tap water connection since 15.08.2019 |   No. of HHs with tap water supply (as on19.07.2021) |
|----------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Angul          |              2.68 |                                                      0.1  |                                                        1.19 |                                                 1.28 |
| 2.       | Balangir       |              3.7  |                                                      0.01 |                                                        0.88 |                                                 0.89 |
| 3.       | Balasore       |              5.68 |                                                      0.31 |                                                        1.66 |                                                 1.97 |
| 4.       | Bargarh        |              3.41 |                                                      0.08 |                                                        0.57 |                                                 0.65 |
| 5.       | Bhadrak        |              2.93 |                                                      0.13 |                                                        1.44 |                                                 1.57 |
| 6.       | Boudh          |              1.04 |                                                      0    |                                                        0.23 |                                                 0.23 |
| 7.       | Cuttack        |              4.48 |                                                      0.05 |                                                        1.2  |                                                 1.25 |
| 8.       | Debagarh       |              0.74 |                                                      0.02 |                                                        0.21 |                                                 0.23 |
| 9.       | Dhenkanal      |              2.7  |                                                      0.13 |                                                        0.94 |                                                 1.08 |
| 10.      | Gajapati       |              1.28 |                                                      0.07 |                                                        0.28 |                                                 0.35 |
| 11.      | Ganjam         |              6.37 |                                                      0.53 |                                                        2.09 |                                                 2.62 |
| 12.      | Jagatsinghapur |              2.58 |                                                      0.55 |                                                        0.48 |                                                 1.03 |
| 13.      | Jajpur         |              4.4  |                                                      0.01 |                                                        1.19 |                                                 1.19 |
| 14.      | Jharsuguda     |              0.94 |                                                      0.01 |                                                        0.23 |                                                 0.24 |
| 15.      | Kalahandi      |              3.95 |                                                      0.04 |                                                        0.72 |                                                 0.75 |
| 16.      | Kandhamal      |              1.59 |                                                      0.03 |                                                        0.36 |                                                 0.39 |
| 17.      | Kendrapara     |              3.01 |                                                      0.26 |                                                        0.79 |                                                 1.05 |
| 18.      | Kendujhar      |              3.43 |                                                      0.05 |                                                        1.23 |                                                 1.28 |
| 19.      | Khordha        |              2.73 |                                                      0.21 |                                                        0.77 |                                                 0.98 |
| 20.      | Koraput        |              3.1  |                                                      0.07 |                                                        0.71 |                                                 0.79 |
| 21.      | Malkangiri     |              1.24 |                                                      0.02 |                                                        0.19 |                                                 0.22 |
| 22.      | Mayurbhanj     |              5.53 |                                                      0.22 |                                                        1.04 |                                                 1.26 |
| 23.      | Nabarangapur   |              2.53 |                                                      0.03 |                                                        0.69 |                                                 0.71 |
| 24.      | Nayagarh       |              2.55 |                                                      0.03 |                                                        0.36 |                                                 0.39 |
| 25.      | Nuapada        |              1.41 |                                                      0    |                                                        1.04 |                                                 1.05 |
| 26.      | Puri           |              3.22 |                                                      0.02 |                                                        1.2  |                                                 1.23 |
| 27.      | Rayagada       |              2.22 |                                                      0.03 |                                                        0.44 |                                                 0.47 |
| 28.      | Sambalpur      |              1.65 |                                                      0.04 |                                                        0.27 |                                                 0.31 |
| 29.      | Subarnapur     |              1.49 |                                                      0.03 |                                                        0.4  |                                                 0.43 |
| 30.      | Sundargarh     |              3.11 |                                                      0.04 |                                                        0.57 |                                                 0.61 |
|          | Total          |             85.67 |                                                      3.11 |                                                       23.38 |                                                26.49 |

(source: JJM-IMIS)