Centre has allocated over Rs.5,000 crore grant to Karnataka under Jal Jeevan Mission

New Delhi: The Centre has allocated over Rs 5,000 crore grant to the State of Karnataka under Jal Jeevan Mission in the year 2021-22. Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat while approving this four-fold increase in allocation than last year, has assured full assistance to the State for making provision of tap water supply in every rural home in Karnataka by 2023.

 

The Ministry of Jal Shakti in a statement said that at the start of the Mission in 2019, out of a total of 19.20 crore rural households in the country, only 3.23 crore had tap water supply. During the last 22 months, despite COVID-19 pandemic 4.42 crore households have been provided with



piped connections. It said, presently 7.66 Crore or 40.5 per cent rural households across the country have tap water supply. Goa, Telangana, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Puducherry have achieved 100 per cent household connection in rural areas and have become 'Har Ghar Jal'.

 

Following the principle of the Prime Minister’s vision of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas', the motto of the Mission is that 'no one is left out' and every household in a village should be provided with tap water connection. At present, in 69 districts and more than 98,000 villages, every household has tap water supply.