Drinking water supply schemes worth Rs 15,381.72 crore have been authorized for Madhya Pradesh underneath the Jal Jeevan Mission on the State-level Scheme Sanctioning Committee (SLSSC) assembly.
As many as 22 multi-village schemes have been sanctioned to offer faucet water connection to greater than 1.09 crore rural inhabitants, in line with an official assertion.
These 22 schemes will profit 9,240 villages in Rewa, Satna, Sehore, Sidhi, Alirajpur, Badwani, Jabalpur, Panna, Mandla, Sagar, Katni, Dhar, Sheopur, Umaria and Khargone districts. The state plans to offer faucet water supply to all rural households by 2023.
Many villages in these districts face drinking water issues in summer season. It is anticipated that greater than 22 lakh households residing in these 9,240 villages will get enough faucet water supply for the subsequent 30-40 years frequently.
Under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), there’s a provision for the structure of SLSSC for consideration and approval of schemes to be taken up for making provision of faucet water supply to rural households. The SLSSC acts as a state-level committee to contemplate water supply tasks, and a nominee of the National Jal Jeevan Mission (NJJM is a member of the committee.
In 2021-22, Rs 5,117 crore has been allotted to the state, out of which Rs 2,558 crore has already been launched to Madhya Pradesh for the implementation of the ‘Har Ghar Jal’ programme.
On August 15, 2019, on the time of the launch of Jal Jeevan Mission, solely 13.53 lakh (11 per cent) rural properties within the state had faucet water supply. In the final 28 months, the state has offered faucet water connections to 31.63 lakh (25.8 per cent) households. As on date, out of 1.22 crore rural households within the state, 45.16 lakh (36.93 per cent) are getting faucet water supply.
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