Under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) of the Central Government, the Dehradun district administration has provided 1,05,156 water connections in rural areas. The district magistrate Ashish Kumar Srivastava said this during his interaction with media persons on Friday. Srivastava said that the target of JJM in Dehradun district is to provide water connections in 1,20,660 houses in rural areas and so far, 1,05,156 connections have already been provided here. Out of these 1,05,156 water connections, 92,315 connections were provided in the current financial year, he said. He informed that the current progress rate of the district in JJM is 87.15 per cent which was only 37 percent till September 30.
According to Srivastava, the Dehradun district is currently in the first position in the State in providing water connections under JJM at this progress rate. He stated that there are 276 villages of the district which have full working tap water connections. Under JJM, the DM further informed that the administration will provide water connections to every household in rural areas with the service level at the rate of 55 litres per capita per day (LPCD). To provide 55 LPCD water to the households, either a new source will be constructed or the already existing water sources will be rejuvenated and the other ways will be used too to regenerate water in that area while maintaining the quality of water, informed Srivastava.
Saturday, 14 November 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
