Lok Sabha Question No. 2470 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Jal Jeevan Mission in Chhattisgarh
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Soni

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-†2470

ANSWERED ON 03.08.2023.

## Jal Jeevan Mission in Chhattisgarh

†2470. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the funds allocated to Chhattisgarh under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Jal Scheme) along with the details of the different types of work for which the said funds have been allocated;
- (b) the time by which the said work is likely to be completed;
- (c) the total number of villages and households targeted to be covered in the State under this mission along with the time by which potable water targeted to be provided in these villages and households;
- (d) whether tenders have been invited for carrying out the work under the said mission/scheme; and
- (e) whether the work has been started and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE OF JAL SHAKTI (SHRI PRAHALAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a) to (e)  Government of India, in partnership with States/UTs is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), since August 2019, to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household in the country, by 2024, including to 50,13,908 rural households in 19,678 villages in Chhattisgarh.

The year wise funds allocated to Chhattisgarh under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Jal Scheme) is as under :

|   S.No. | Financial Year   |   Fund allocated (Rs. In lakhs) |
|---------|------------------|---------------------------------|
|       1 | 2019-20          |                           20804 |
|       2 | 2020-21          |                           44552 |
|       3 | 2021-22          |                          190896 |
|       4 | 2022-23          |                          222398 |
|       5 | 2023-24          |                          448560 |

The different types of work for which the said funds have been allocated are - Retrofitting Scheme; Single Village Scheme and Multi-village Scheme.

To  achieve  the  goal  of  JJM  in  the  whole  country  with  speed  and  scale,  Government  of  India  is handholding the States, to expedite the implementation of the mission through number of steps inter alia,  which  includes joint  discussion  and finalization  of  annual  action  plan  (AAP)  of    States/  UTs, regular  review  of  implementation,  workshops/  conferences/  webinars  for  capacity  building  and knowledge sharing, field visits by multi-disciplinary team to provide technical support, etc. A detailed

Operational Guideline for the implementation of JJM; Margdarshika for Gram Panchayats & VWSCs to provide safe drinking water in rural households and Guidelines on a special campaign to provide piped water supply in anganwadi centres, ashramshalas and schools have been shared with States/ UTs to facilitate planning and implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission. For online monitoring, JJM-Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) and JJM-Dashboard has been put in place.

As reported by the government of Chhattisgarh, tenders have been invited for all works related to JJM and works have been awarded for all works except those catering to 3,67,219 households.

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