Safe Drinking Water Provided In All Arsenic And Fluoride Affected Habitations Under Jal Jeevan Mission

 

Safe Drinking Water Provided In All Arsenic And Fluoride Affected Habitations Under Jal Jeevan Mission

Posted On: 20 JUL 2023 6:09PM by PIB Delhi

Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Har Ghar Jal, since August, 2019, in partnership with States, to make provision of potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on regular & long-term basis to every rural household.

At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, 3.23 Crore rural households were reported to have tap water connections. As reported by States/UTs, more than 9.33 crore additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections under JJM. Thus, as on 14/07/2023, out of 19.46 Crore rural households in the country, more than 12.57 Crore (64.61%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes. State-wise details of rural households provided with tap water connection is annexed. The State/UT, district & village-wise status of tap water connection in rural households, as reported by States/ UTs, is also in public domain and available on JJM dashboard at:

https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx

 14,020 Arsenic-affected habitations and 7,996 Fluoride affected habitations were reported by states/UTs as on 1st August 2019. As reported by States/UTs as on date, safe drinking water has been made available in all such habitations.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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Annex

State/ UT-wise status of tap water connections in rural households

(No. in lakhs)
S. No.	State/ UT	No. of Rural HHs	Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 15.08.2019	Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 14.07.2023
1.	A & N Islands	0.62	0.29	0.62
2.	Andhra Pradesh	95.55	30.74	66.92
3.	Arunachal Pradesh	2.30	0.23	1.93
4.	Assam	68.19	1.11	35.37
5.	Bihar	166.30	3.16	160.29
6.	Chhattisgarh	50.11	3.20	26.40
7.	D&NH and D&D	0.85	0.00	0.85
8.	Goa	2.63	1.99	2.63
9.	Gujarat	91.18	65.16	91.18
10.	Haryana	30.41	17.66	30.41
11.	Himachal Pradesh	17.09	7.63	17.09
12.	Jammu & Kashmir	18.66	5.75	12.27
13.	Jharkhand	61.21	3.45	23.54
14.	Karnataka	101.17	24.51	69.56
15.	Kerala	70.81	16.64	35.19
16.	Ladakh	0.42	0.01	0.33
17.	Lakshadweep	0.13	0.00	0.00
18.	Madhya Pradesh	119.65	13.53	60.95
19.	Maharashtra	146.73	48.44	113.51
20.	Manipur	4.52	0.26	3.46
21.	Meghalaya	6.52	0.05	3.45
22.	Mizoram	1.33	0.09	1.19
23.	Nagaland	3.69	0.14	2.69
24.	Odisha	88.67	3.11	55.01
25.	Puducherry	1.15	0.94	1.15
26.	Punjab	34.26	16.79	34.26
27.	Rajasthan	108.02	11.74	44.11
28.	Sikkim	1.32	0.70	1.14
29.	Tamil Nadu	125.53	21.76	87.77
30.	Telangana	53.98	15.68	53.98
31.	Tripura	7.43	0.25	4.80
32.	Uttar Pradesh	266.48	5.16	138.39
33.	Uttarakhand	14.94	1.30	11.71
34.	West Bengal	184.45	2.15	63.09
Total		1946.34	323.63	1255.25
Source: JJM-IMIS