Piped water in all villages by March 2022

Punjab will provide potable piped water to all 35 lakh rural households by March 2022 under the Jal Jeevan Mission, said Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Razia Sultana, claiming 66 per cent of the households had already been covered by December, 2020.

Three districts — SAS Nagar, SBS Nagar and Rupnagar — had accomplished the target of 100 per cent piped water supply. The minister said to provide potable piped water in areas having arsenic, the department was setting up 11 water treatment projects in Moga, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur, benefitting 1,103 villages at a cost of Rs 1,249 crore. Similarly, villages that could not be covered under canal-based water supply would get potable water supply.

This year, the department was starting work on four projects of canal-based water in Fazilka, Ferozepur and Hoshiarpur, benefitting 610 villages.

Jal Jeevan Mission
Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) envisages supply of 55 litres of water per person per day to every rural household through Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTC) by 2024.
 

JJM focuses on integrated demand and supply-side management of water at the local level.
Creation of local infrastructure for source sustainability measures as mandatory elements, like rainwater harvesting, groundwater recharge and management of household wastewater for reuse, would be undertaken in convergence with other government programmes/schemes.
The Mission is based on a community approach to water and includes extensive Information, Education and Communication as a key component of the mission.
JJM looks to create a jan andolan for water, thereby making it everyone’s priority.
Funding Pattern: The fund sharing pattern between the Centre and states is 90:10 for Himalayan and North-Eastern States, 50:50 for other states, and 100% for Union Territories.