New Delhi (NVI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for Manipur water supply project tomorrow, an initiative to provide safe and adequate drinking water to every rural household of the country by 2024.
The prime minister will lay the foundation stone for the project through video conferencing.
“The Manipur Water Supply Project is an important component of efforts of the State government to achieve the goal of “Har Ghar Jal” by 2024,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
The project outlay is about Rs 3054.58 crores with a loan component funded by New Development Bank, it added.
An externally funded project, it was designed to provide freshwater household tap connections (FHTCs) to remaining households in Greater Imphal planning area, and for 1,731 rural habitations covering 2,80,756 households in all 16 districts of Manipur, the statement said.
Moreover, the Jal Jeevan Mission is based on a community approach to water and has information, education and communication as key components of the mission. It looks to create a Jan Andolan for water, thereby making it everyone’s priority.
There are about 19 crore households in India and only 24 per cent have Freshwater Household Tap Connections (FHTCs).
The Mission aims to provide over 14 crore households with FHTC through partnership of all stakeholders, including state governments, panchayat raj institutions and local communities, the PMO office said.
However, the government provided funds under Jal Jeevan Mission to Manipur for FHTCs to cover 1,185 habitations with 1,42,749 households.
The Manipur government has also planned to cover the remaining households through additional sources of funding including funds from Department for Development of North Eastern Region.
Meanwhile, the Governor, Chief Minister of Manipur N. Biren Singh and his colleagues, MPs and MLAs are also expected to join the program from Imphal.
-RJV
