More than 1.47 lakh residents in Janjgir-Champa now have access to tap water.
Raipur, 02 December . Free tap connections are being provided at a rapid pace in rural areas of the state. So far, 16 lakh 95 thousand 222 tap connections have been provided to the citizens of the state as part of the Jal Jeevan Mission campaign. Along with this, arrangements have been made to supply pure drinking water through taps in 43 thousand 844 schools, 41 thousand 661 Anganwadi centers, and 17 thousand 278 gram panchayat buildings and community sub-health centers of the state. In which a maximum number of 1 lakh 47 thousand 816 rural families have been given household tap connections in the Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh.
As part of the Jal Jeevan Mission, under the direction of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and under the guidance of Minister of Public Health Engineering Guru Rudrakumar, a comprehensive action plan has been prepared under the Jal Jeevan Mission to provide pure drinking water at a rate of 55 liters to each citizen per day. In addition to tap connections, this mission also makes provisions for running water in schools, sub-health centers, and Anganwadi centers.
So far under Jal Jeevan Mission 1 lakh 23 thousand 594 in Rajnandgaon district, 1 lakh 3 thousand 18 in Raipur district, 1 lakh 2 thousand 414 in Raigarh district, 1 lakh 673 in Dhamtari district, 84 thousand 405 in Balodabazar-Bhatapara, Bemetara 79,994, Kawardha 82 thousand 415, Durg 76 thousand 285, 77 thousand 618 in Bilaspur district and 74 thousand 285 tap connections have been given in Mahasamund district. Similarly, in Gariyaband 63 thousand 539, Bijapur 18 thousand 804, Kanker 53 thousand 333, Narayanpur 10 thousand 355, Mungeli 59 thousand 904, Balod 62 thousand 54, Dantewada 17 thousand 300, Kondagaon 37 thousand 709, Bastar 48 thousand 227, 38 thousand 482 in Korea, 16 thousand 816 in Sukma, 17 thousand 558 in Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, 37 thousand 669 in Surajpur, 45 thousand 388 in Jashpur, 43 thousand 411 in Korba, 37 thousand 392 in Balrampur and Surguja district 34 thousand 728 household tap connections have been given to rural households.
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