Over 14 million tap connections to be installed in Maharashtra by 2024: Uddhav Thackeray
Uddhav Thackeray directs officials to make a plan to provide over 14 m tap connections in rural areas by 2024
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Mumbai, September 03: Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray directed officials on Thursday to prepare a plan providing over 14 million tap connections in rural areas of Maharashtra by 2024.
There are a total of 14,236,000 tap connections to be installed as part of Jal Jeevan Mission of the central government, Maharashtra has completed 65% of it. The tap connections that still remain to be installed are 4.9 million.
Thackeray chaired a review meeting on the Jal Jeevan Mission, said the state won’t let funds and required manpower fall short for the programme. He said, “The objective under Jal Jeevan Mission is to provide over 14.23 million tap connections in the rural areas of the state by the year 2024. Though this goal is big, this work is virtuous and we have to do it. To achieve this goal of connecting pipes by 2024, a time bound programme should be drawn up and implemented by all agencies on war-footing.”
The state plans to provide 2.75 million tap connections by 2022. The cost is expected to be ₹12,950 crore.
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According to water supply minister Gulabrao Patil, the Centre has provided ₹7,064 crore. In 2020-21, Maharashtra provided 37.15 lakhs tap water connections in rural areas.
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Of the total tap connections, 65% of the work has been completed till August 31, 2021. The rest of the 4.9 million connections are still pending. The objective is to provide enough water to each household to supply 55 litres of water per person per day instead of just 40.