On May 29, 2020, the Union Government approved Rs 445 crores under Jal Jeevan Mission for Chhattisgarh for the year 2020-21.
Highlights
- The Funds will be used to help Chhattisgarh achieve its mission of providing tap water connection to all the households in the state by 2023-24.
- There are 45 households in the state.
- OF these, 20 lakh households have been provided with tap water connection under the mission.
Challenges of Chhattisgarh
- Chhattisgarh has been battling with ground water depletion and contamination due to chemicals such as fluoride, arsenic, iron, etc.
- The state government is to use the migrant work force that have returned home to implement the scheme.
- This is to be done under MGNREGA.
Jal Jeevan Mission
- The Mission aims to provide good quality drinking water to all the households in the country by 2024.
- In order to achieve this, the Government of India has allocated Rs 3.6 lakh crores.
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