Bihar’s Water Resources Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha on Wednesday cited conflicting figures reported by the Center on the dashboard of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) to say that Bihar has solely 8.44 lakh faucet water beneath the central scheme for rural households. Connections have been offered and never as 1.46 crores. have been proven.
The remainder of the faucet water connections, Jha stated, have been offered beneath two different schemes, together with the Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal Yojana, which is run by the Nitish Kumar authorities by itself and which is the biggest of the whole no. Is a part of.
This is the primary time a JD(U)-ruled state has cast an alliance with the BJP, which has disputed the figures on the JJM dashboard.
Responding to an Indian Express report primarily based on dashboard knowledge that stated Bihar offered 1.46 crore faucet water connections to rural households beneath JJM in 2019, Jha stated in a tweet a breakup of connections beneath varied schemes. Gave.
“Thanks to the vision of Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri @NitishKumar, 87 percent of rural households in Bihar have access to clean tap water. The scheme wise details of tap connections provided in Bihar are as follows: 1. Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal: 152.16 lakh; 2. Jal Jeevan Mission: 8.44 lakh; and 3. NRDWP: 2.32 lakh,” tweeted Jha, who can also be the JD(U) nationwide basic secretary.
The Bihar minister’s objection is critical as Bihar is the biggest contributor to the central figures. If Bihar figures are excluded, the nationwide determine will come down to three.36 crore from 4.74 crore, as reported on the JJM dashboard on Wednesday.
In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had stated: “I am happy that in just two years of the Jal Jeevan Mission, more than 4.5 crore families have started getting tap water.”
An e mail by The Indian Express to the spokesperson of the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti searching for a response on the info remained unanswered until press time.
Jha stated that the Bihar authorities has offered faucet water connections to rural households with its personal cash. “Our Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal Yojana was conceived in 2015 and implemented from 2016. The state government is running this scheme with its own money. This has been possible only because of personal monitoring by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar,” he instructed The Indian Express.
He stated that the Bihar authorities has used the Jal Jeevan Mission to offer faucet water connections to rural households in lower than 5 % of the agricultural wards of the state. “Under @JalJeevan_ Bihar has worked in 4,891 wards out of total 1,14,651 rural wards. Under the erstwhile NRDWP, 1,346 wards were taken up. The remaining 1,08,414 wards come under the state government’s Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal Yojana,” he tweeted.
Tagging the Indian Express report, he tweeted, “This is a exceptional story! Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal’s colossal imaginative and prescient of Chief Minister Shri @NitishKumar has ensured 87 % of rural households of Bihar with faucet water connection – in high 4 finest states of India.
A supply within the Ministry of Jal Shakti stated that the Center has launched round Rs 771 crore to Bihar beneath JJM within the final two years, and Bihar’s efficiency is healthier than different states because it has already carried out its plan even earlier than the launch of JJM. had began working. .
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
