1,171 villages in Meghalaya covered under Jal Jeevan Mission; PHE Minister

SHILLONG:

Over 1,171 villages in Meghalaya have been covered with 100 percent tap connection under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), informed PHE Minister Renikton Lyngdoh Tongkhar on December 6.

“We have completed 32 percent of the work by providing 100 percent tap connection to over 1,171 villages (against approximately 6,100 villages in the state),” Tongkhar told the press.

“In terms of households, 1.89 lakh have been provided with tap connection in the rural areas of the state,” he added. 

Stating that Meghalaya has really improved its performance as far as implementation of the JJM is concerned, Tongkhar said the work is going on very smoothly and hoped that the department will be able to achieve bigger numbers by the end of March, next year.

He however said there are still thousands of villages where works have already started and completed only 50 percent to 90 percent.

When asked if the state can achieve 100 percent tap connections to all the households by December 2022, the minister said that the state is well within the stipulated time.

“We are aiming to complete the mission by December 2022. We still have another one year to complete,” he said.

Stating that the flow of funds is not an issue, the minister informed that just last week, the Government of India had sanctioned Rs 169 crore for implementation of the JJM in the state.

In as far as the proposal for extending the JJM to urban areas, Tongkhar said he hoped that the ministry concerned will take up the matter seriously and approve the same.

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