Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir ) [India], September 13 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Wednesday mentioned that 97pc of the vital work parts below the Jal Jeevan Mission within the union territory have been awarded to 1,700 contractors via the e-tendering system.
According to the officers, that is in distinction to 14pc in June 2022. Similarly, the beginning of works has additionally picked up from 6pc in June 2023 to 73% as of date thereby indicating that the implementation of the mission is in full swing all throughout the UT, they added.
Jal Jeevan Mission, a flagship program of the union authorities, is being carried out within the UT of J-Ok with an goal to attach each rural family with Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTC) which shall be able to offering ingesting water at a minimal service degree of 55 litres per individual per day.
According to the officers, 3,244 water provide schemes (together with standalone schemes for Schools, Anganwadi Centres, Health InstitutionsGram Panchayats) have been deliberate at an estimated value of about Rs. 13,000 crores to supply new and upgraded current faucet water connections to 18.67 lakh rural households for a sustainable, dependable and potable provide of ingesting water to enhance the dwelling situations of about 1.10 crore rural inhabitants.
These water provide schemes comprise about 6600 parts like supply growth within the form of bore wells, tube wellsdug wells moreover Rapid Sand Filtration Plants, Over Head Tanks, Slow Sand Filtration Plants, Ground Service Reservoirs and pipe laying works aimed to reinforce the present water provide system and to supply the brand new faucet water connections in uncoveredareas. (ANI)