Jal Jeevan Mission provides 50 lakh tap connections in MP

BHOPAL: During a meeting held to review the efforts of Jal Jeevan Mission, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan was told that 50 lakh connections had been distributed in the state. Currently, the precise figure is 50,01,722.

The mission’s growth has accelerated in the last two years, from 17 lakh and 50 thousand to more than 50 lakh tap connections. CM Chouhan expressed his delight at the achievement and congratulated the Jal Jeevan Mission and the Public Health Emergency department. The Jal Jeevan Mission has been working continuously over the past two years, in keeping with the Prime Minister’s resolution. MP is the country’s leader in this mission.

The CM stated that the mission will continue its efforts to provide safe drinking water to households, as well as expand focus to remote places where people walk miles to access drinking water. He was presented with sweets by Malay Shrivastava, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Engineering and Manish Singh, Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Housing.

CM Chouhan was informed that the mission’s activities have picked up speed since April 2020, when the CM had expressed his worries over potable water arrangements in the first meeting. It was difficult to achieve the target of providing Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to 1,22,27,000 families during that time, and only 17,72,000 families (14.49 percent) were provided. Currently, 50 lakh families are benefiting from the programme, and 40 per cent of the total target has been met. More than 32 lakh tap connections have been provided in the last few years.

834 water-scarce communities will benefit from 116 cluster water delivery schemes, according to official reports. Nearly three-fourth of the Cluster water supply projects’ activities has been finished. CM Chouhan has directed Larsen and Toubro, a multinational company responsible for the work, to speed up on these projects. While virtually interacting with the company’s officer, he expressed his disappointment with the development made in the areas within the company’s control. The state government considers it to be a critical issue. The company has assured that there won’t be any delays in the work as it has planned to increase workforce and penalize the officers for delays.