Lok Sabha Question No. 402 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Potable Tap Water Supply
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ganesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 402

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2022

## POTABLE TAP WATER SUPPLY

## † 402:   SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any target has been fixed to provide potable tap water supply to all the 19 crore households across the country by 2024 under Jal Jeevan Mission;
- (b) if so, the status in Madhya Pradesh thereof, district-wise including Satna;
- (c) whether any mechanisms has been put in place to monitor the quality of works being undertaken by tenderers who are from outside the State; and
- (d) whether the work relating to providing tap water connections is likely to be completed in all 8 development blocks and 11 city areas of Satna district by 2024 and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH   PATEL)

(a) Government  of India, in partnership with States including Madhya  Pradesh, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) to make provision of tap water connection in every rural household in the country by 2024.

(b) The district-wise status of tap water connections in Madhya Pradesh including Satna as on 31.01.2022 is annexed . The progress made in making provision of tap water connections to rural  households  since  launch  of  JJM  is  also  in  public  domain  and  available  on  the  JJM dashboard at:

## https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx

(c) As per the operational guidelines for the implementation of JJM, the rural water supply schemes are planned, approved and implemented by the States/  UTs. The State Water and Sanitation Mission (SWSM), Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), District Water and Sanitation Missions (DWSMs) monitor and review the implementation of JJM work in the State. The operational guidelines for the implementation of JJM prescribe that States/ UTs are required to empanel and deploy third party verification agencies to check the quality of work executed, quality of materials used for construction and quality of machinery installed in each of the scheme before making payment to the contracting agencies executing the work.

(d) Under JJM, States/ UTs prepare saturation plan for making provision of potable tap water connection to every rural household. The Government of Madhya Pradesh has informed that potable tap water connection will be provided to every rural household in the State, including those in eight blocks of Satna district, by 2024, as per revised timeline.

Further,  as  informed  by  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs,  AMRUT  2.0  has  been launched on 1 st October, 2021 to ensure universal coverage of water supply in cities/towns of the country including all city areas of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh. The mission period of AMRUT 2.0 is 5 years commencing from the financial year 2021-22 to 2025-26.

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## Annex referred in part (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 402 due for answer on 03.02.2022

District-wise status of tap water connections in Madhya Pradesh(as on 31.01.2022)

|   S. No. | District    | Total rural households   | Total household connections   |   %of total rural households with connections |
|----------|-------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Panna       | 2,33,566                 | 29,652                        |                                            13 |
|        2 | Satna       | 4,19,249                 | 72,431                        |                                            17 |
|        3 | Chhatarpur  | 2,69,295                 | 55,436                        |                                            21 |
|        4 | Alirajpur   | 1,41,166                 | 31,074                        |                                            22 |
|        5 | Tikamgarh   | 2,11,471                 | 49,759                        |                                            23 |
|        6 | Singrouli   | 1,98,111                 | 48,558                        |                                            25 |
|        7 | Bhind       | 2,81,723                 | 69,123                        |                                            25 |
|        8 | Damoh       | 2,67,240                 | 65,905                        |                                            25 |
|        9 | Sagar       | 3,94,328                 | 98,559                        |                                            25 |
|       10 | Rewa        | 4,61,165                 | 1,19,431                      |                                            26 |
|       11 | Shivpuri    | 3,35,821                 | 87,113                        |                                            26 |
|       12 | Sidhi       | 2,14,541                 | 56,587                        |                                            26 |
|       13 | Shahdol     | 2,13,845                 | 58,591                        |                                            27 |
|       14 | Ashoknagar  | 1,63,641                 | 48,818                        |                                            30 |
|       15 | Dindori     | 1,81,323                 | 55,436                        |                                            31 |
|       16 | Jhabua      | 2,05,612                 | 63,123                        |                                            31 |
|       17 | Guna        | 2,12,394                 | 69,658                        |                                            33 |
|       18 | Seoni       | 2,81,853                 | 97,177                        |                                            34 |
|       19 | Jabalpur    | 2,46,560                 | 86,050                        |                                            35 |
|       20 | Raisen      | 2,26,999                 | 80,035                        |                                            35 |
|       21 | Umaria      | 1,21,716                 | 43,128                        |                                            35 |
|       22 | Shajapur    | 1,83,181                 | 66,329                        |                                            36 |
|       23 | Mandla      | 2,45,832                 | 89,418                        |                                            36 |
|       24 | Rajgarh     | 3,13,773                 | 1,15,202                      |                                            37 |
|       25 | Katni       | 2,51,721                 | 92,973                        |                                            37 |
|       26 | Anuppur     | 1,42,993                 | 53,499                        |                                            37 |
|       27 | Gwalior     | 1,32,619                 | 49,776                        |                                            38 |
|       28 | Niwari      | 55,635                   | 21,003                        |                                            38 |
|       29 | Ujjain      | 2,88,158                 | 1,09,329                      |                                            38 |
|       30 | Vidisha     | 2,57,424                 | 99,040                        |                                            38 |
|       31 | Chhindwara  | 3,86,609                 | 1,50,991                      |                                            39 |
|       32 | Hoshangabad | 1,88,882                 | 74,418                        |                                            39 |
|       33 | Sheopur     | 1,49,261                 | 59,943                        |                                            40 |
|       34 | Agar        | 1,11,441                 | 45,558                        |                                            41 |
|       35 | Morena      | 3,34,549                 | 1,37,204                      |                                            41 |
|       36 | Dewas       | 2,41,770                 | 1,00,796                      |                                            42 |
|       37 | Sehore      | 2,32,727                 | 1,01,478                      |                                            44 |
|       38 | Bhopal      | 1,01,623                 | 44,342                        |                                            44 |
|       39 | Barwani     | 2,47,593                 | 1,12,446                      |                                            45 |
|       40 | Mandsaur    | 2,74,210                 | 1,24,577                      |                                            45 |

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| 41.   | Ratlam      | 2,54,679    | 1,20,473   |   47 |
|-------|-------------|-------------|------------|------|
| 42.   | Harda       | 1,02,652    | 49,232     |   48 |
| 43.   | Neemuch     | 1,46,250    | 70,833     |   48 |
| 44.   | Khargone    | 3,69,352    | 1,87,270   |   51 |
| 45.   | Dhar        | 4,09,611    | 2,08,386   |   51 |
| 46.   | Betul       | 2,78,707    | 1,48,008   |   53 |
| 47.   | Datia       | 1,13,762    | 62,514     |   55 |
| 48.   | Khandwa     | 2,42,645    | 1,33,876   |   55 |
| 49.   | Balaghat    | 3,60,466    | 2,02,767   |   56 |
| 50.   | Narsinghpur | 2,31,348    | 1,30,226   |   56 |
| 51.   | Indore      | 1,94,870    | 1,47,523   |   76 |
| 52.   | Burhanpur   | 1,01,905    | 1,01,905   |  100 |
|       | Total       | 1,22,27,867 | 45,95,542  |   38 |

Source: JJM-IMIS00