100% coverage of Jal Jeevan Mission in NE by next year: Jal Shakti Minister

NE region may soon get a water resource management body to find holistic solutions to the region's water-related concerns

PGurus Newsdesk

May 2, 2023

NE region may soon get a water resource management body to find holistic solutions to the region's water-related concerns

Water management authority for Northeast soon

Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said that the Central government’s flagship scheme Jal Jeevan Mission will have 100 percent coverage in the northeast by 2024.

Concerning the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) for rural areas in the northeast, the minister said that the states have made “great progress“, citing Assam as an example, which began with about 1 percent coverage and has now reached about 50 percent.

“By 2024, we hope to have 100 percent coverage in the northeast,” Shekhawat said.

The Minister also said that the funds for building drinking water plants were included under the Jal Jeevan Mission and only pure drinking water is made available to the people.

Shekhawat, who presided over the Brahmaputra board‘s 12th high-powered review meeting during the day, said the board has been studying and working to maximize the region’s water resources.

He also said the northeastern region may soon have a water resource management body. The new body will engage with the states and the Centre to find holistic solutions to the region’s water-related concerns, Shekhawat said.

“The northeastern water management authority was proposed to provide a new direction with a holistic approach. The states have mostly agreed, and the proposal has been sent to the Union Cabinet,” Shekhawat said.

“I am confident that the body will be approved during the next Parliamentary session,” he added.

The minister also said that the northeastern states are in a “crisis of either too much or too little water”.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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