The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation on Wednesday vowed to provide tap water facility to every house in all the Districts of the State by 2024 under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).
Speaking on the occasion of consultation programme on Jal Jeevan Mission organized by the department Drinking Water and Sanitation department Minister, Mithilesh Thakur said the Government aims to promote the overall management of local water resources under the Central and State Governments jointly run the JJM Scheme in Jharkhand. He said that the government's goal is to solve the water problem in every way and encourage the management of water sources.
Thakur said that there is a 50:50 participation of the Center and the State in the JJM Scheme. An amount of Rs 47,000 per family is to be provided under the mission. However, due to settlement of tolls and distance of source in Jharkhand, the cost of the scheme comes to about Rs 65,000 to Rs 75,000, he added.
“According to the plan, the contribution of the center is 23,500 per family. In such a situation, the State Government will have to spend the remaining amount. The ratio between the Center and the State will be approximately 35:65 per cent. Cover of pipe water supply scheme in rural areas of the State is only about seven per cent. There are 50 lakh houses in the rural areas of the state. Out of these, about 3.40 households are getting water facility through pipe water supply,” said Thakur.
The Minister said that there are about 78000 families of primitive tribes in various tolls and settlements of the State. “It has a population of about three lakhs. Under Solar based PVTG and Mukhyamantri Jal Nal Yojana, 14892 small rural water supply schemes are being implemented. This will benefit two lakh seventy thousand houses,” he added.
“There are water testing laboratories in all 24 Districts of the State.
About 300 water sources are being investigated every month. Five water testing laboratories are also established at the divisional level. Through this, about 150 water sources are being examined every month.
The quality of about 1.50 lakh water resources in various Panchayats of the State will be tested through the aqueducts. There are 625 fluoride affected hamlets in the state. Out of these, pure drinking water is being provided in 245 tolls by covering them with fluoride attachment and pipe water supply schemes,” said Thakur.
Speaking on the occasion Drinking Water and Sanitation Department Secretary Aradhana Patnaik, said that the prepared schemes under the programme should be implemented to villages level.
Engineers from the department and water resources were present on the occasion.