Lok Sabha Question No. 1375 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-27
Subject: Tap Water to Households
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Gomati Sai

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-†1375

ANSWERED ON- 27/07/2023

## Tap Water to Households

†1375. SHRIMATI GOMATI SAI: Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:-

- (a) the percentage of households to which water from tap in being supplied at present in Raigarh, Jashpur and Sarngarh-Bilaigarh districts of Chhattisgarh; (b) the details of the gap between the availability of water and its requirement at present; (c) the details of the steps taken by the Government for supplying water from tap to each
- house under Jal Jeevan Mission during the last three years; and
- (d) whether the Government would be able to supply tap water to every house by the year 2024 and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) 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 including those in Raigarh, Jashpur and Sarngarh-Bilaigarh districts of Chhattisgarh.

At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, only 3.20 lakh (6.38 %) rural households were reported to have tap water connections in Chhattisgarh. Since then, as reported by state, tap water connections have been provided to additional 23.83 lakh rural households. Hence, As on 24.07.2023, out of total 50.11 lakh rural households in Chhattisgarh, provision of tap water supply is reported for 27.02 lakh (53.92 %) households. The State government has been advised to take appropriate action to supply tap water to every rural house by 2024. The status of tap water connections in Raigarh, Jashpur and Sarngarh-Bilaigarh districts of Chhattisgarh, is given below:

|   Sr No. | District                                                                                                                  |   Percentage of Rural HHs with tap water connection |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Raigarh                                                                                                                   |                                               46.5  |
|        2 | Jashpur                                                                                                                   |                                               38.21 |
|        3 | Sarngarh Block (included in Raigarh District) & Balodabazar district (Bilaigarh block is included in Balodabazar district |                                               44.1  |

As informed by the state, there is no gap between the availability of water and its requirement at present.

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. Provision has also been made  for  transparent  online  financial  management  through  Public  Financial  Management System (PFMS).

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