Goa has become the first state to provide 100% tap water supply followed by Telangana and Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Goa is the first state in the country to provide 100 per cent tap water connection followed by Telangana
Taking cognisance of contamination of rivers by effluent, the top court also issued notices to the Centre, CPCB and five states including Delhi and Haryana on the issue
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The minister of state for Jal Shakti says consensus on water sharing during the lean season between UP and MP likely to be arrived at soon
Goa has become the first state in the country to provide 100 per cent tap water connections in rural areas covering 2.30 lakh households, the Jal Shakti Ministry said on Friday.
Addressing a webinar, Jal Shakti Ministry secretary U P Singh said lessons have been learnt while undertaking the Namami Gange Mission and these are being applied to other river basins in the country
Over 2 crore households across the country have been provided tap water connection so far under the Jal Shakti ministry's Jal Jeevan Mission, an official statement said on Tuesday
Water resources minister says he is getting admittted in a hospital on the advice of doctors
For 2020-21, Rs 23,500 crore was allocated for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission
In a Q&A, Jal Shakti Minister says he is confident the pandemic will not delay the targets under the Har Ghar Jal initiative or lead to any fund crunch
'"Since agriculture, which uses nearly 89 per cent of water,is also a state subject, the governments will have to consider what to grow, how much to grow and for whom to grow," the minister added
Evidence and data available at the moment is not strong enough to start the clinical studies, said Dr Y K Gupta
Central and State sector schemes in irrigation and water conservation sectors have also been allowed to be implemented with suitable dovetailing with MGNREGA works
The Centre will make available extra budgetary resources for the Mission, which will be allocated along with gross budgetary support to the states
Shekhawat said at present there is no proposal to transfer water from the state list to the concurrent list
The proposal comes amid tests conducted by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on drinking water, which found water quality in Mumbai as per standard but poor in many state capitals, including Delhi
The government has also started the work of mapping aquifer and by next March
The minister also said that no proposal to declare the right to safe water a fundamental right is under consideration of the government.
The Ministry of Jal Shakti was launched in May this year with the mandate to find solutions to India's escalating water crisis