Lok Sabha Question No. 3399 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-20
Subject: Supply of Drinking Water in Villages of Amravati
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Balwant Baswant Wankhade

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3399 ANSWERED ON 20.03.2025

## SUPPLY OF DRINKING WATER IN VILLAGES OF AMRAVATI

## †3399. SHRI BALWANT BASWANT WANKHADE:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  the  number  of  villages  in  the  Amravati  Parliamentary  Constituency  of  Maharashtra  getting supply of clean drinking water under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), tehsil-wise;

(b) the number of proposals approved under JJM in the said Constituency during the last five years and the current year;

- (c) the details of the funds allocated and utilised for the said proposals, scheme and location-wise;
- (d) the current status of ongoing works under JJM in the said Constituency; and

(e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to complete the said works and provide the necessary funds?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Government of India is committed to make provision for safe & potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on a regular & long-term basis to all rural households in the country. Towards this end, Government of India, in partnership with States/UTs including Maharashtra is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission, since August, 2019, to make provision of tap water  supply  to  every  rural  household  in  the  country.  The  block-wise  number  of  villages  in Amravati district getting tap water supply is at Annexure .

(b) Drinking water is a State subject. The power to plan, design, approve and implement drinking water supply schemes/projects lies with State Government. Government of India supplements the efforts of the States by providing technical and financial assistance. As such individual projects/ schemes for rural water supply are not approved at the Government of India level.

(c) The year-wise details of funds allocated, released and utilized by Maharashtra under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) during the last five years are as under:

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|         | Central share   | Central share     | Central share           | Central share        | Central share        | Expenditure under State share   |
|---------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
| Year    | Opening Balance | Budget allocation | Fund drawn by the State | Total available fund | Reported utilization |                                 |
| 2019-20 | 248.12          | 847.97            | 345.28                  | 593.40               | 308.04               | 431.79                          |
| 2020-21 | 285.35          | 1828.92           | 457.23                  | 742.58               | 473.59               | 324.16                          |
| 2021-22 | 268.99          | 7,064.41          | 1,666.64                | 1,935.63             | 377.98               | 477.98                          |
| 2022-23 | 1,557.65        | 7,831.25          | 3,915.62                | 5,473.27             | 3,109.53             | 2,972.21                        |
| 2023-24 | 2,363.74        | 21,465.88         | 7,444.26                | 9,808.00             | 8,208.53             | 8,371.34                        |
| 2024-25 | 1,599.47        | 5,352.93          | 1,605.88                | 3,205.35             | 2,072.04             | 2,415.78                        |

District-wise  information  related  to  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilized  is  not  maintained centrally.

(d) As per the operational guidelines of JJM, the State Water and Sanitation Mission (SWSM) and District Water and Sanitation Mission (DWSM) is responsible for the overall implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission at the state and district level respectively.

At the start of Jal Jeevan Mission in August 2019, 2.14 lakh (49.48%) rural households were reported to have tap water connections in Amravati district. So far, as reported by State as on 18.03.2025,  around  2.13  lakh  additional  rural  households  have  been  provided  with  tap  water connections. Thus, as on 18.03.2025, out of 4.33 lakh rural households in the Amravati district, more than 4.27 lakh (98.59%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

(e) To expedite the planning and implementation, as well as monitoring and handhold States/ UTs including Maharashtra, Government of India has taken number of steps to plan and implement JJM in the whole country which inter alia includes discussion and finalization of annual action plan (AAP)  in  consultation  with  States/  UTs,  regular  review  of  planning  and  implementation, workshops/ conferences/ webinars for capacity building and knowledge sharing, field visits by multi-disciplinary team to provide technical support, etc.

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Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3399 answered on 20.03.2025

| S.No.   | Block in Amravati District   |   Total No. of Villages |   Nos. of Villages with (100% FHTC) |   Nos. of Villages with < 100% FHTC |
|---------|------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1       | Achalpur                     |                     150 |                                 142 |                                   8 |
| 2       | Amravati                     |                     107 |                                 103 |                                   4 |
| 3       | Anjangaon S                  |                     105 |                                  96 |                                   9 |
| 4       | Bhatkuli                     |                     107 |                                 107 |                                   0 |
| 5       | Chandur Bz                   |                     140 |                                 138 |                                   2 |
| 6       | Chandur Ril                  |                      80 |                                  79 |                                   1 |
| 7       | Chikhaldara                  |                     152 |                                 114 |                                  38 |
| 8       | Daryapur                     |                     133 |                                 133 |                                   0 |
| 9       | Dhamangaon Ril               |                      85 |                                  85 |                                   0 |
| 10      | Dharni                       |                     148 |                                 127 |                                  21 |
| 11      | Morshi                       |                      89 |                                  89 |                                   0 |
| 12      | Nandgaon Kh                  |                     126 |                                 126 |                                   0 |
| 13      | Tiwsa                        |                      68 |                                  68 |                                   0 |
| 14      | Warud                        |                      98 |                                  98 |                                   0 |
| Total   | Total                        |                    1588 |                                1505 |                                  83 |

Source: JJM - IMIS