Janjgir-Champa district tops in providing domestic tap connection
Raipur, 28 August 2023
The work of providing free domestic tap connections in the rural areas of the state is being done at a fast pace. Under the Jal Jeevan Mission in the state, 28 lakh 86 thousand 245 domestic tap connections have been given as against 49 lakh 92 thousand 661 families being given domestic tap connections under this campaign. Along with this, arrangements have been made to supply pure drinking water through tap taps in 39 thousand 113 schools, 37 thousand 501 Anganwadi centers and 15 thousand 614 gram panchayat buildings and community sub-health centers of the state. Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh is at the top position by providing domestic tap connections to maximum 01 lakh 44 thousand 282 rural families. Similarly, in Raipur district 01 lakh 44 thousand 196, in Mahasamund district 01 lakh 42 thousand 349 households are on second and third place respectively in providing domestic tap connections.
Under this Jal Jeevan Mission, being run under the leadership of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel and under the guidance of Public Health Engineering Minister Guru Rudrakumar, pure drinking water is being made available at the rate of 55 liters per person per day in the state, for this action plan in all districts Getting ready and working fast. Under this mission, in addition to domestic tap connections, arrangements for running water are also being made in schools, sub-health centers and Anganwadi centers. Along with this, drinking water is also being supplied in Gothans built under the ambitious scheme Narva, Garva, Ghurva, Bari of the state government. It is noteworthy that Secretary Public Health Engineering Dr. S. Bharathidasan and Mission Director Shri Alok Katiyar are continuously monitoring the implementation of the works of Jal Jeevan Mission including Single Village Scheme and Multi Village Scheme and other drinking water schemes in the state at the ground level.
So far under Jal Jeevan Mission, 01 lakh 32 thousand 118 households in Dhamtari district, 01 lakh 29 thousand 973 in Raigarh district, 01 lakh 26 thousand 258 in Bilaspur, 01 lakh 25 thousand 632 in Kawardha, 01 lakh 24 thousand 876 in Balodabazar-Bhatapara Tap connections are provided. Similarly, 01 lakh 19 thousand 010 tap connections have been given in Mungeli, 01 lakh 17 thousand 502 in Durg district and 01 lakh 15 thousand 241 in Bemetara district. Similarly, 01 lakh 15 thousand 113 in Balod, 01 lakh 14 thousand 124 in Rajnandgaon district, 01 lakh 8 thousand 057 in Sakti, 91 thousand 549 in Gariaband, 90 thousand 678 in Balrampur, 89 thousand 500 in Jashpur, 88 thousand 910 in Korba, Surguja 87 thousand 833 in the district, 85 thousand 831 in Bastar have been given domestic tap connections for pure drinking water. 81 thousand 720 in Surajpur, 78 thousand 399 in Kondagaon, 74 thousand 670 in Kanker, 63 thousand 189 in Sarangarh-Bilaigarh, 49 thousand 579 in Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai, 44 thousand 478 in Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur,
