Another Pipeline Scheme To Welcome Centre-State Dispute
- 25-Jan-2021
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Centre is likely to announce a new flagship programme, Jal Jeevan Mission-Urban (JJM-Urban) — to provide tap water connections to all statutory towns, separately, sewer connections to all cities with a population of over 1 lakh, by 2026.
Government sources said the Expenditure Finance Committee approved the Rs 2,79,500-crore five-year programme on December 17. The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has submitted the proposal to the Cabinet Secretariat.
There was a demand from states that cities not covered under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) should also be provided support for water and sewage.
More than 3,500 cities are not supported by any structured scheme… so the government has decided to launch another scheme to cover all 4,000 for water supply. The proposal to the EFC estimates JJM-Urban to target 2.68 crore households which do not have tap connections, and 2.64 crore households without sewerage or septage facilities.
