Lok Sabha Question No. 619 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Drinking water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 619 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2021

## Drinking Water

## 619:  DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  schemes  under  which  pure drinking  water  has  been  made  available  to rural areas of the country, especially Santhal Pargana of Jharkhand as on date;
- (b) the  details  of  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  implement  the  schemes  in  a more effective manner; and
- (c) the details of rural areas where drinking water pipelines are yet to be laid, State-wise including Jharkhand?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

- (a) To enable every rural household in the country, including those in Santhal Pargana of Jharkhand, to have potable water supply  in every rural household by 2024, Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal, in partnership with States, at an estimated outlay of Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore.
- (b) Some major steps taken by the Government of India under Jal Jeevan Mission are as follows:
- i.) Every State/ UT has been advised to prepare 'State Action Plan' to provide tap water connection to every rural household in a time-bund manner;
- ii.) Regular review meetings with States/ UTs and field visits are organized to expedite the implementation;
- iii.) Central  financial  assistance,  to  all  eligible  States/  UTs,  is  being  provided  as  per  the Operational Guidelines for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission; and
- iv.) In consonance with 73rd Amendment of Constitution of India and to instill the 'sense of ownership'  among  villagers,  Gram  Panchayat  or  its  sub-committee/  user  group  i.e. Village  Water  &  Sanitation  Committee  (VWSC),  Pani  Samiti,  etc.  are  to  plan, implement, manage, operate and maintain in-village water supply system.
- (c) As reported, State/ UT-wise details of villages without piped water supply is annexed .

Details of villages without Piped Water Supply (PWS)

|   S. No. | States/ UTs              | Villages without PWS   |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 1                      |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh           | 990                    |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh        | 1,276                  |
|        4 | Assam                    | 11,791                 |
|        5 | Bihar                    | 2,047                  |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh             | 5,331                  |
|        7 | Goa                      | 0                      |
|        8 | Gujarat                  | 112                    |
|        9 | Haryana                  | 0                      |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh         | 187                    |
|       11 | Jammu &Kashmir           | 242                    |
|       12 | Jharkhand                | 13,722                 |
|       13 | Karnataka                | 619                    |
|       14 | Kerala                   | 16                     |
|       15 | Ladakh                   | 32                     |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh           | 23,830                 |
|       17 | Maharashtra              | 3,128                  |
|       18 | Manipur                  | 6                      |
|       19 | Meghalaya                | 2,325                  |
|       20 | Mizoram                  | 27                     |
|       21 | Nagaland                 | 149                    |
|       22 | Odisha                   | 17,017                 |
|       23 | Puducherry               | 0                      |
|       24 | Punjab                   | 397                    |
|       25 | Rajasthan                | 16,868                 |
|       26 | Sikkim                   | 25                     |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu               | 0                      |
|       28 | Telangana                | 0                      |
|       29 | Tripura                  | 0                      |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh            | 79,828                 |
|       31 | Uttarakhand              | 390                    |
|       32 | West Bengal              | 18,760                 |

Source: IMIS, DDWS