The additional proposals worth ₹ 13,090.88 crore cleared by the State government recently for providing tap connections in rural households under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) include 398 water supply schemes covering 522 grama panchayats.
Of the 398 schemes, 243 are new multi-village schemes while 26 are new proposals covering single villages, according to the order issued by the government. The list also has two mini solar-based water supply schemes and 127 revised proposals for the villages.
The State government had issued orders on February 23 clearing additional proposals under the Centrally assisted JJM for providing 11.51 lakh tap connections at a cost of ₹13,090.88 crore during the current fiscal. The government accorded administrative sanction for the proposals following a nod given by the State Water and Sanitation Mission Apex Committee.
