JAL JEEVAN MISSION

  • N. the only State to achieve Jal Jeevan Mission target for 1st, 2nd quarter of 202269.57 lakh out of the 1.25 crore households in the State have been provided tap connections till date, says official data.
  • Work to provide connections to 14.44 lakh more households is under way; tender has been issued for work on 5.52 lakh households and the order is likely to be awarded soon
  • Tamil Nadu has emerged as the only State that has achieved the target for the first and second quarter (Q1 and Q2) of 2022 for Jal Jeevan Mission with 69.57 lakh households of the 1.25 crore households in the State having been provided tap connections till date, according to official data.
  • The progress of work on the Jal Jeevan Mission, which aims at providing potable tap water supply to every rural household by 2024, in the presence of Municipal Administration and Water Supply Minister K.N. Nehru.
  • The percentage of households with tap connections in Tamil Nadu (55.63%) is higher than the national average (53.96%).
  • For the State, the target set by the Union government for Q1 and Q2 of 2022 was 12.1 lakh tap connections.
  • The State, however, has provided 16.25 lakh tap connections. For 2022-2023, the target for the State is 28.48 lakh tap connections.

Approval obtained

  • The implementation of work on tap connections for 14.44 lakh households is under way in the State.
  • Tender has been issued for work on 5.52 lakh households, and the work order is expected to be awarded shortly.
  • Approval has been obtained for 9.99 lakh households and tender for such households will be issued soon. Preparation of a detailed project report for providing tap connections to 25.41 lakh households in the State has begun.
  • Of the 12,525 villages in Tamil Nadu, the State has reported 2,663 villages as ‘Har Ghar Jal’ villages, with tap water connections in 100% households. Work is under way in 7,671 villages, and is expected to start in 2,191 villages soon
  • During the announcement of the scheme on August 15, 2019, Tamil Nadu had 21.76 lakh tap connections.
  • The number of tap connections has increased to 69.57 lakh now.
  • According to the functionality assessment for 2022, the residual chlorine detected within permissible limits was 32% in Tamil Nadu.
  • Over 85% of the schools and 83% of the anganwadis in the State had drinking water facility.

Breakup of expense

  • Of the Union government’s allocation of ₹3,691 crore for the State in 2021-2022, ₹614 crore has been released.
  • The State’s expenditure for providing the tap connections was ₹496 crore in 2021-2022 and the expenditure for the Union government was ₹457 crore in the same period.
  • The State government has reported an expenditure of ₹173 crore during 2022-2023 and the Union government has reported ₹132 crore. 

Jal Jeevan Mission

  • Jal Jeevan Mission was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15, 2019 and the work is implemented in partnership with States and Union Territories.
  • Taking the lead in saving the sea cows that battle for survivalIn September, the State government notified 448 square kilometres as the conservation reserve for these largest herbivorous marine mammals in the world, which thrive primarily on seagrass beds.
  • According to estimates, there are only 240 of these animals left in the country, and the majority of them are in the Palk Bay, off Thanjavur and Pudukkottai districts

SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB

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