Lok Sabha Question No. 273 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-07
Subject: Drinking Water Supply under JJM in Saharanpur
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Imran Masood

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 273 ANSWERED ON 07/08/2025

## DRINKING WATER SUPPLY UNDER JJM IN SAHARANPUR

## †*273.  SHRI IMRAN MASOOD:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the number of villages identified in Saharanpur district for providing safe drinking water supply through pipeline under Phase-1, Phase-2 and Phase-3 of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) respectively;

(b) the number of villages where the said work has been started along with the names of the villages where hundred percent target has been achieved under Phase-1 of this mission;

(c) the details of the villages where the damaged roads have been repaired by the concerned implementing agency under Phase-1 of the said mission and the reasons in case these roads have not been repaired;

(d) the details of the implementing agencies in Phase-1 of the said mission; and

(e) whether any implementing agency was replaced or blacklisted during the course of the work and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI (SHRI C R PATIL)

(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  273  FOR  REPLY  ON  07.08.2025  REGARDING  DRINKING  WATER  SUPPLY UNDER JJM IN SAHARANPUR ASKED BY SHRI IMRAN MASOOD

(a)  to  (b)  Since  August  2019,  Government  of  India  in  partnership  with  States/UTs,  is implementing centrally sponsored scheme Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household in all villages across the country.

Drinking Water  being  a  State  subject,  States/UTs  plan,  design,  approve  and  implement drinking  water  supply  schemes.  Government  of  India  supplements  the  efforts  of  the States/UTs  by  providing  technical  and  financial  assistance.  Numerous  projects  are implemented  concurrently  at  various  levels  across  the  States/UTs  for  achieving  the envisaged objectives.

Further,  priority  is  being  given  to  water  quality-affected  habitations,  villages  falling  in drought  prone  &  desert  areas,  villages  in  aspirational  districts,  SC/ST  majority  areas, Sansad  Aadarsh Gram  Yojana  (SAGY)  villages  and  Japanese  Encephalitis/  Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (JE/AES) affected districts.

To achieve the goal of the Mission with focus on quality of infrastructure and Operation & Maintenance of rural piped water supply schemes for long term sustainability and citizen centric water service delivery, Hon'ble Finance Minister during her budget speech 2025-26 has announced extension of Jal Jeevan Mission until 2028 with enhanced total outlay.

At the start of the mission, only 3.23 crore (16.71%) rural households were reported to have tap water connections. With concerted efforts from both Centre and States/UTs under Jal Jeevan Mission  (JJM)  -  Har  Ghar  Jal  around  12.44  crore  additional  rural  households  have  been reported to have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as on 05.08.2025, out of 19.36 crore rural households in the country, more than 15.68 crore (81.00%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

At  the  time  of  announcement  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  in  Uttar  Pradesh,  5.16  Lakh  rural households  were  reported  to  have  tap  water  connections.  Since  then,  around  236.15  Lakh additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections in the State. Thus, as  on  05.08.2025,  out  of  267.21  Lakh  rural  households  in  the  State,  around  241.33  Lakh (90.31%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

In Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, at the time of announcement of JJM, 4,525 (0.97%) rural households were reported to have tap water connections. Since then, around 4.37 Lakh rural  households  in  the  district  have  been  provided  tap  water  connections.  Thus,  as  on 05.08.2025,  out  of  total  4.68  Lakh  rural  households  in  the  said  district,  around  4.41  Lakh (94.39%) rural households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes. Out of 1, 258 villages in Saharanpur district, work has been started in 1103 villages and work has not started in 72 villages as land is not available. Also, there are 68 villages covered under Jal Nigam old/other programme and 15 villages are un-inhabited. It is stated that hundred percent target has been achieved in 366 villages and out of which 245 Villages are HGJ Certified.

(c)  The  responsibility  of  implementation,  inter  alia  including  repairing  or  constructing streets or roads that get affected while laying water supply pipelines, of rural water supply schemes taken up under JJM lies with State/ UT Governments and the funds available under JJM may be utilized for the same. Moreover, to avoid any hardships to the villagers, States have  been  advised  to  take  up  rural  water  schemes  in  a  way  with  minimum  damages  to infrastructure such as roads/ highways and to restore the roads/ highways immediately in case of damages done while laying of pipelines for water supply systems.

Further, through operational guidelines of the Mission, States/UTs have also been advised to incorporate requisite penalty clauses in the contract documents so as to disincentivize the agencies to avoid delay in implementation of the Mission. As stated above, Water being a  State  subject,  public  grievances  pertaining  to  JJM  so  received  inter  alia  including restoration of roads, are forwarded to the respective States for their expeditious redressal. Moreover, regular reviews through field visits are also undertaken on a periodic basis to assess  the  quality  of  implementation  of  various  works  and  components  of  the  JJM  and redressal of public grievances received for the State.

State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  has  informed  that  there  are  460  villages  in  Saharanpur  where damaged roads have been repaired/restored by the implementing agency. Further, roads are restored  partially  in  643  villages  by  making  it  motorable  and  after  laying  of  pipes  and hydrotesting, roads will be fully restored.

(d)  and  (e)  Details  of  individual  projects/  schemes  which inter  alia  include  number  and names  of  agencies  involved  for  implementation  of  rural  water  supply  projects  are  not maintained at the Government of India level.

However,  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  has  informed  that  there  are  three  (03)  implementing agencies in Saharanpur and due to slow progress of work, 391 villages have been descoped from one agency and allocated to another agency.

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