BHOPAL: It is baby step for now, but a move that augurs well for the holistic health of rural population. As per the official sources, 3151 villages in Madhya Pradesh have already got tap water in every house. The work to link every village with the piped water is underway in every district of the state under Jal Jeevan Mission.
Officials said, the work is going on ata rapid pace on this front, so that the rural population gets maximum benefit of the mission. So far in the Jal Jeevan Mission, 40.19 lakh connections have been provided; it is 33 per cent of the total targeted rural village population in MP
The programme to provide potable water in every home in rural area is on track. Officials said, total target is to give 1.22 crore tap connections to the entire 5.25 crore rural population of the state. The government has set a deadline of 2023 to achieve this target. The government had stated in May this year that Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Mission, Ministry of Water Power, Government of India, had released the first consignment of Rs 1,184.860 crore to the state to provide safe and potable drinking water to all rural families of MP. Rs. 5,116.790 crore had been allocated to MP for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in 2021-22. A meet was also held between union minister of Water Power with the chief minister.
The state had assured union government that it would regularly review the plan and implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission and instead of completing the work in 2024 as announced by the Prime Minister, the MP government would ensure tap water connections by 2023, wherein every rural household will be assured of tap water supply.
