Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in a video conferencing called by the Union Minister for Water Resources Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that a target to supply pure water to every house of the rural areas of the state under the Rashtritya Jal Jeevan Mission will be completed.
The Centre has directed to complete the work by 2023 instead of 2024, accordingly the plan will be re-scheduled and the work will be carried out under the mission mode.Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, Principal Secretary Malay Shrivastava and other concerned officers were present at the video conferencing.
Union Minister for Water Resources Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in the video conferencing informed that under Jal-Jeevan Mission now the targets set by the year 2023 have to be achieved. This year, the Central Government will give a budget of Rs 1280 crore to Madhya Pradesh for the implementation of the mission. The same amount will be provided by the State Government. Besides, Rs 6500 crore approx will be provided to Madhya Pradesh under MNREGA. Under MNREGA, 65 per cent amount is to be spent for water related works; therefore some of this amount can also be used for Jal Jeevan mission.
Chouhan informed that there is a plan under the Jal Jeevan Mission to supply pure potable water to the remaining 85 percent (103.67 lakh) families through FHTC (Functional Household Tap Connection) by the year 2023-24.
The Chief Minister informed that Jal Nigam was formed in the year 2012 in the state, by which group water supply schemes are being implemented. About 9 months have passed since the Jal Jeevan Mission was started by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi but the expected progress has not been made in the State.
To speed up the work, Rajya Jal and Swacchta Mission has been formed in the state and Apex Committee and Executive Committees have been constituted under it.
The Chief Minister informed that in accordance with the guidelines of the Government of India, permission has been granted to open a single nodal account for the transactions of the mission.
At the same time, the process of empanelment of the institutions required for the implementation of the mission has also been started. The work of retrofitting of pre-established and current prevailing schemes will be started immediately.