Centre praises UP’s performance in Jal Jeevan Mission
On Monday, Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil reviewed the mission's progress in UP during a meeting in New Delhi.
On Monday, Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil reviewed the mission's progress in UP during a meeting in New Delhi.
Amid the widespread destruction caused by floods across Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma praised the Jal Jeevan Mission for its role in providing clean drinking water to affected communities.
The Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) on Tuesday achieved another milestone of providing tap water connections to 13 crore rural households.…
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The testing of water samples under the JJM was carried out by rural women in just nine months - from April 22 to December 22 this year.
“We will not tolerate this. I have instructed my officials to ensure this does not happen. It has also been conveyed to the state government. We have warned the state not to resort to such tactics as the Centre will then find it difficult to extend its cooperation in running such schemes.”
These schemes will provide tap water supply to about 8 lakh rural households in 4,424 villages of the state.
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Informing about the developments under the Jal Jeevan Mission, Bharat Lal, Additional Secretary & Mission Director, National Jal Jeevan Mission said, "At the start of the mission in 2019, out of 19.20 Crore rural households in the country, only 3.23 Crore (17%) had tap water supply.