Lok Sabha Question No. 2522 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: Water Scarcity in Yellapur Village of Chandrapur District
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Smt. Dhanorkar Pratibha Suresh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2522 ANSWERED ON 13.03.2025

## WATER SCARCITY IN YELLAPUR VILLAGE OF CHANDRAPUR DISTRICT

## †2522. SMT. DHANORKAR PRATIBHA SURESH:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the role of the Government for dealing with the situation that the citizens of Yellapur village in Jiwati Taluka, Chandrapur district are being forced to leave the village due to water scarcity;
- (b) whether the Government will take action against the contractor responsible for the substandard construction of the water tank under the Jal Jeevan Mission and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the measures taken/being taken by the Government to ensure water supply to Yellapur village in Jiwati Taluka?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)     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.

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.

Under JJM, priority is accorded to make provision of tap water supply in drought-prone & desert areas, water quality-affected habitations, villages in Aspirational districts, Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) and SC/ ST majority villages. Accordingly, States/ UTs are insisted to implement Jal Jeevan Mission in these areas on priority.

(b)    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. The selection of contractors for the implementation of projects under JJM is purely an administrative function and falls under the purview of the concerned State Government. Further, the responsibility of ensuring the quality of the material used (such as pipes etc.) lies with the PHE/RWS Department/Board/Corporation etc. and the agency executing the work.

As reported by the state, the concerned contractor of the scheme under JJM has completed the allotted  works  such  as  rising  main,  distribution  system,  Elevated  Service  Reservoir  (ESR), Pumping  Machinery  and  FHTC.  There  were  leakages  in  ESR  container,  sluice  valve  and distribution pipe line which has been rectified by contractor.

(c)     Under JJM, provisions have been made for development/ strengthening/ augmentation of drinking water sources; and infrastructure for bulk transfer of water, treatment and distribution systems in water deficit drought-prone and desert areas without dependable ground water sources apart from creation of in-village water supply infrastructure.

In  addition,  provisions  for  taking  up  augmentation  and  strengthening  of  local  drinking  water sources  in  convergence  with  other  schemes  at  village  level  viz.  MGNREGS,  15 th Finance Commission tied grants to RLBs/ PRIs, Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), State schemes, District Mineral Development Fund, CSR funds, community contribution, etc. is also envisaged under the JJM.

As reported  by  the  state  on  JJM-IMIS,  out  of  total  18,632  rural  household  in  Jiwati  block  in Chandrapur  district,  15,873  households  (85.19%)  are  getting  tap  water  connection  as  on 10.03.2025.

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