Parliament Question: Jal Jeevan Mission in Uttar Pradesh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4764 ANSWERED ON 21/08/2025 JAL JEEVAN MISSION IN UTTAR PRADESH †4764. SHRI RAKESH RATHOR:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the number of households provided with tap water connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission

(JJM) in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh, district-wise;

(b) the specific targets set under JJM in Uttar Pradesh;

(c) whether the Government has made any assessment for lagging behind the said targets and if so, the extent of the shortfall identified; and

(d) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to ensure proper road connectivity and accessible water supply in rural areas of each district in Uttar Pradesh? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI V. SOMANNA)

(a) Since August 2019, Government of India in partnership with States/UTs, is implementing centrally sponsored scheme Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Har Ghar Jal to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household in all villages across the country.

At the start of the mission, only 3.23 crore (16.71%) rural households were reported to have tap water connections. With concerted efforts from both Centre and States/UTs under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Har Ghar Jal around 12.45 crore additional rural households have been reported to have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as on 19.08.2025, out of

19.36 crore rural households in the country, more than 15.68 crore (81.02%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

As reported by the State of Uttar Pradesh, out of 2.67 crore rural households in Uttar Pradesh, starting from 5.16 lakh (1.93%) on 15th August 2019, 2.41 crore (90.34%) tap water connections have been provided till 19th August, 2025, out of which 2.36 crore tap connections have been provided under the Jal Jeevan Mission. The district-wise details of tap water connections provided in Uttar Pradesh under Jal Jeevan Mission are available at

https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx.

(b) State of Uttar Pradesh has informed that as per JJM guideline every rural Household of the State has to be covered with piped water supply scheme. Cent Percent Household are targeted to be provided with functional household tap connection by 2028 in Uttar Pradesh.

Page 1 of 2(c) Drinking Water being a State subject, States/UTs plan, design, approve and implement drinking water supply schemes. Government of India supplements the efforts of the States/UTs by providing technical and financial assistance.

The State of Uttar Pradesh has informed that large-scale work, compressed timelines, non- coordination across departments, difficult terrain & geotechnical conditions in Bundelkhand & Vindhya region, covid-19 pandemic, unavailability of sufficient fund, non-availability of materials on time due to JJM work started at a time across the country, lack of manpower and machinery are main problems and challenges faced by the Government in providing tap water connections and lagging behind the said targets in Uttar Pradesh under JJM.

(d) Water being a State subject, States have been empowered to plan, design, approve, implement and operate & maintain drinking water supply schemes. As such, the responsibility of implementation, inter-alia including repairing or restoration of roads that get affected while laying water supply pipelines of rural water supply schemes taken up under JJM, lies with State/ UT Governments and the funds available under JJM may be utilized for the same.

Further, to avoid any hardships to the villagers, States have been advised to take up rural water schemes in a way with minimum damages to infrastructure such as roads/ highways and to restore the roads/ highways immediately in case of damages done while laying of pipelines for water supply systems.

The State of Uttar Pradesh has informed that 5,17,725 Kms of pipeline have been laid in Uttar Pradesh till 19.08.2025. 1,96,877 Kms of different type of roads have been dismantled during the work out of which 1,90,710 Kms have already been restored. Remaining roads are restored partially by making it motorable and after pipe laying and hydrotesting roads will be fully restored.

To expedite the provision of tap water connections to all rural households in the country, concerted efforts have been made to accelerate the pace of implementation of JJM on ground.

These include measures such as holding high level joint review meetings with the State governments on regular basis and visits of multi-disciplinary teams from the department to highlight areas which need attention for expediting implementation to make provision of tap water supply to all households in a time bound manner. To bring transparency and effective monitoring, an online ‘JJM dashboard’ has been created, which provides State/ UT, district and village-wise progress as well as status of provision of tap water supply to rural homes.

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