Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, the work of single or group water supply schemes is going on in every district to provide water through tap connections to the entire rural population of the state. Burhanpur is the first district of the state where cent percent rural households have been provided water through tap connections at their homes.
Water is now reaching through taps in every rural household through water supply schemes costing more than Rs 129 crore in Burhanpur district, located at a distance of about 325 kilometer from the state capital, having a rural population of about five lakhs.
There are 167 gram panchayats and 254 villages in both (Burhanpur and Khaknar) development blocks of Burhanpur district.
Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, the availability of water has been ensured through tap connections to the homes of all the families in all the villages of the district.
In all the Anganwadi centres and schools operating in the rural areas of the district, arrangements have been made to provide water through tap connections by making platforms.