Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, the Public Health Engineering Department has approved the revised 25 cluster water supply schemes worth 11 thousand 100 crore 72 lakhs.
Madhya Pradesh Jal Nigam is starting the work of construction of these water supply schemes. Through these schemes, arrangements will be made to provide water through tap connections to every household of the rural population of 18 districts of Bhopal, Ujjain, Jabalpur, Indore, Narmadapuram, Sagar and Gwalior divisions.
Water supply schemes of the mission will provide drinking water facility to more than 9 lakh 34 thousand families of 6 thousand 261 villages.
These schemes will fulfill the drinking water needs of more than 71 lakh rural population of Bhopal, Vidisha, Raisen, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Chhindwara, Mandla, Khargone, Khandwa, Betul, Sagar, Damoh, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Datia and Shivpuri districts.
So far more than 51 lakh 15 thousand rural families have been provided water via taps at their homes through the works being done under Jal Jeevan Mission in the state.
There are about 5 thousand 300 villages in which facility of water through tap has been given to every family. Under the mission, the works of water supply schemes are going on a large scale to provide water to the rural population of the state through tap connections at their homes.
Of these, 70 to 90 percent work in more than 8 thousand villages and up to 70 percent work in 16 thousand 300 villages is nearing completion. From this month, the works of drinking water system of more than 6 thousand villages are being started.