Rs 4 thousand 5 hundred crore provisioned in the budget for providing tap connections to every household in Chhattisgarh
More than 75 per cent households in the state have safe drinking water supply
Raipur, 20 February 2024/ Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai has guaranteed to provide tap water connection to every household in the state. Rs 4 thousand 5 hundred crore has been provisioned in the budget of Chhattisgarh Government for implementation of Har Ghar Nal Yojana.
Jal Jeevan Mission is being implemented across the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to provide clean water to every household. Under this mission, 55 liters of tap water will be provided to every family for their daily needs. This mission is being implemented in Chhattisgarh at an expedited pace. Nearly 49.98 lakh houses in the state are equipped with tap water connections. Under this mission, nearly 75 percent houses in the state have been successfully equipped with tap connections. The work of providing the tap connections to remaining 25 percent houses is in progress.
Jal Jeevan Mission is a revolutionary campaign to attain the vision of a developed India. With the availability of safe drinking supply, Jal Jeevan Mission prevents the occurence of water-borne diseases in children and adults. Moreover, this mission has brought ease in lives of women, as they no longer have to fetch water for their household work.
Jashpur resident Mr. Manohar Toppo said that earlier his village was struggling with shortage of water supply. The people here had to get water from handpumps and wells located far away from their house. But now with the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission, every household is getting pure drinking water supply through tap connections. Shri Toppo has thanked Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai for making their lives easier.
The villagers, especially the women, of Sautpur Gram Panchayat of Bastar district are now happy that the availability of drinking water has been ensured in every house of their village. Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat Sautpur, Ms. Maina Kashyap also thanked Chief Minister for providing water supply connection too every house in the village, bringing ease and convenience in the lives of people.
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