Lok Sabha Question No. 2506 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: Water Connections in villages/hamlets of Barmer-Jaisalmer Constituency
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Ummeda Ram Beniwal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2506

ANSWERED ON 13/03/2025

## WATER CONNECTIONS IN VILLAGES / HAMLETS OF BARMER-JAISALMER CONSTITUENCY

## †2506. SHRI UMMEDA RAM BENIWAL:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the target fixed for providing water connections in villages and hamlets of BarmerJaisalmer Parliamentary Constituency under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and other projects along with the achievements made against the targets and the reasons for shortfall;
- (b) whether the per capita water requirement in every household has been considered under JJM and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether livestock was also included in this calculation and if so, the details of the year, the duration for which the requirements were estimated, and the basis of water availability proportion considered;
- (d) the total budget allocated and utilised so far under JJM and other projects in BarmerJaisalmer Parliamentary Constituency, year-wise;
- (e) the number of villages and hamlets of the said region benefitted from various projects where regular water supply has been ensured; and
- (f) whether water is being made available to the residents of Bariyada, the first village of Barmer district, under the Barmer Lift Canal Project and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI V. SOMANNA)

- (a) Since August, 2019, Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), in  partnership  with  States/  UTs  including  Barmer-Jaisalmer  Parliamentary  Constituency  of Rajasthan,  to  make  provision  of  tap  water  supply  to  every  rural  household  of  the  country. Drinking  Water  is  a  state  subject,  and  hence,  the  responsibility  of  planning,  approval,

implementation, operation, and maintenance of drinking water supply schemes, including those under the JJM, lies with State/UT Governments. The Government of India supports the states by providing technical and financial assistance.

As informed by state government of Rajasthan, out of 6,09,906 rural households in BarmerJaisalmer Parliamentary Constituency, 1,97,918 households have been provided with tap water connections.

The  slow  implementation  of  JJM  in  Rajasthan  has  been  mainly  on  the  account  of  lack  of dependable water sources in water-stressed, drought prone and desert areas of the state, nontendering  of  several  JJM  works  approved  by  State  Level  Scheme  Sanctioning  Committee (SLSSC),  non-availability of state matching share fund thus, affecting the pace of implementation  of  JJM  in  state.  The  state  government  of  Rajasthan  has  informed  each household including those in Barmer-Jaisalmer Parliamentary constituency will be provided tap water connection by 2028.

(b) and (c)    Under JJM, the minimum service delivery has been fixed as 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd). In addition, provision has been  made  in operational guidelines for implementation of JJM for construction of cattle trough to provide drinking water to livestock especially in hilly terrain, drought prone and desert areas. Furthermore, during the preparation of  Village  Action  Plan  (VAP)  by  village  community,  an  assessment  is  made  of  the  water requirements for the village, along with the identification of locations for the construction of cattle troughs for livestock.

(d) Under  JJM,  funds  are  released  directly  to  the  States/  UTs  and  their  district-wise  / parliamentary constituency wise fund details are not maintained at the Government of India level. The details of fund allocation, fund drawn and reported fund utilization during the last five years (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24) and current financial year 202425 (as on 10.03.2025) by the state of Rajasthan are as under:

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|          | Central         | Central    | Central    | Central        | Central              |                               |
|----------|-----------------|------------|------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|
| Year     | Opening Balance | Allocation | Fund Drawn | Available Fund | Reported utilization | Expenditure under State share |
| 2019-20  | 313.67          | 1,301.71   | 1,301.71   | 1,615.38       | 620.31               | 686.69                        |
| 2020-21  | 995.07          | 2,522.03   | 630.51     | 1,625.58       | 762.04               | 789.05                        |
| 2021-22  | 863.53          | 10,180.50  | 2,345.08   | 3,208.61       | 1,919.83             | 1,665.84                      |
| 2022-23  | 1,288.79        | 13,328.60  | 6,081.80   | 7,370.59       | 3,937.70             | 4,123.31                      |
| 2023-24  | 3,435.49        | 3,019.94   | 250.00     | 3,685.49       | 2,898.54             | 3,904.64                      |
| 2024-25* | 786.95          | 11,061.46  | 1,659.22   | 2,446.17       | 2,180.28             | 2,154.96                      |

as on 10.03.2025)

Source: JJM-IMIS                                                                                           (

(e) As reported by state government of Rajasthan, there are 4,836 villages sanctioned in Barmer-Jaisalmer Parliamentary constituency out of which 2,232 villages are benefitted with water supply.

(f) As informed by state government of Rajasthan, the SLSSC in its 37 th meeting dated 03.05.2023  granted  approval  for  providing  FHTCs  in  village  Bariyada  through  village distribution network under Barmer Lift Water Supply project. The project is at bidding stage.

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