44% Houses In Scheduled Tribe Areas Yet To Get Tap Water Supply: Centre
NDTV
The states where more than half the rural tribal households are yet to get tap water connection are Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Bengal, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel said.
About 44 per cent of the rural households in the Scheduled Tribe areas in the country are yet to get tap water connection, according to government data.
Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel said 1.2 crore out of 2.17 crore (55.3 per cent) rural tribal households have tap water connection According to data, the states where more than half the rural tribal households are yet to get tap water connection are Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Bengal, the minister said.
To enable every rural household in the country to have a portable tap water supply by 2024, including those in tribal areas and areas, the government is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal in partnership with the states.
