(Bhagya Luxmi, Intern Journalist) A part of Jan Andolan to make water everyone’s priority, PM Modi initiated the Jal Jivan Mission with the motto ‘Har Ghar Jal’ which aims to fulfill the demand of safe and adequate drinking water to every rural household by 2024. In order to this, PM Modi will lay the foundation stone for the Manipur Water Supply project on 23rd July 2020 through video conferencing. It is likely that the Governor, CM of Manipur and his colleagues, MPs, and MLA’s will join the program from Imphal.
An externally funded project, the Manipur Water Supply project was designed to provide FHTCs to remaining households in the Greater Imphal Planning area, 25 Towns, and for 1,731 rural habitations covering 2,80,756 households in 16 districts of Manipur. Manipur Water Supply Project is an important component of the efforts of the State government to achieve the goal of Har Ghar Jal by 2024. The project outlay is about Rupees 3054.58 Crores with a loan component funded by New Development Bank.
The government of India has provided funds under Jal Jeevan Mission to Manipur for FHTCs to cover 1,185 habitations with 1, 42,749 households. There are about 19 crore households in India. Only 24% have Freshwater Household Tap Connections (FHTCs). The Mission aims to provide 14, 33, 21,049 households with FHTC through a partnership of all stakeholders including inter alia the State Governments, Panchayat Raj Institutions, and local communities.
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