By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP on Saturday lashed on the State authorities for its failure to utilise the funds launched by the Centre for faucet water provide to households beneath Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). With a deal with Jal Jeevan Mission on the fourth day of the celebration’s Social Justice Fortnight, the BJP focused the BJD authorities for the sluggish progress of the programme which is being carried out in mission mode.
Alleging that the ingesting water provide initiatives in 160 blocks of the State are restricted to pen and paper solely, BJP spokesperson Ramaranjan Baliarsingh informed a media convention right here that 56 per cent households in rural areas are with out faucet water. The highest variety of 113 ingesting water initiatives remained non-starter in Ganjam, the house district of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The authorities has sanctioned 237 initiatives for the district.
The CM had laid basis stones of 110 mega ingesting water initiatives in 2019. Not a single challenge has been accomplished but, Baliarsingh mentioned. He claimed that the faucet water penetration within the tribal dominated industrial district of Sundargarh is simply 7 per cent.
The former MLA mentioned 33 per cent of faculties and 46 per cent Anganwadi centres of the State would not have faucet water provide. After the launching of JJM on August 15, 2019, the Centre launched Rs 1,298.71 crore beneath the Mission to State authorities in 2019-20 and 2020-21. The authorities might utilise solely Rs 42 crore.
Though the Centre made a improve in budgetary allocation to Rs 3,323.42 crore in 2021-22 from Rs 812.15 crore within the previous 12 months and launched Rs 831 crore, a considerable quantity has remained unspent by the tip of the final monetary 12 months. Of the entire 88.33 lakh households, faucet water connection has been supplied to 40.60 lakh households by finish of 2021-22.
