The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj ministry for the Karnataka state K S Eshwarappa said all households in the rural areas across the state will receive pure drinking water under the revised Jal Jeevan Mission of the Central Government. Minister has made an announcement after the video conference with Jal Jeevan Mission commissioner at the Zilla Panchayat office in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
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Minister announced the media persons that so far, 2,47,2000 households in the rural areas were getting drinking water. “Another 2,35,7000 households will be given drinking water connections in the next 100 days. The Centre has earmarked Rs 4,093 crore while the state government will spend Rs 3,982 crore for the project,” he said. He added 42,036 government schools in the state have access to pure drinking water as of today.
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“This year alone, we provided drinking water to 39,963 government schools. As per the Prime Minister’s directions, the remaining 1,595 government schools will be given pure drinking water facilities in the next 100 days,” the minister said. Eshwarappa added that of the 65,911 anganwadis in the state, 41,799 have drinking water supply. The remaining anganwadis will be given drinking water connections in the next three months.
