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Regarding need to release funds pending under Jal Jeevan
Mission to Maharashtra and ensure effective implementation of
the scheme in the State-Laid
DR. NAMDEO KIRSAN (GADCHIROLI-CHIMUR): The ongoing
Jal Jeevan Mission has been failed as no clean drinking water is
supplied to all through this scheme. The taps and pipelines meant
to carry water to the homes of hill-dwelling communities of
Maharashtra state have either not been installed or have no water
supply, since October 2024. The Jal Jeevan Mission?s (JJM)
ongoing projects in the State have been running solely on State
funds due to pending funds from the Centre have stopped
completely. Total 25,000 projects out of 52,000 commissioned
under the programme are still incomplete, leaving villages deprived
of piped water and water supply. Women trudge miles and
undertake risks to collect water for their family. Bills of contractors
are unpaid, work is stopped due to lack of funds, new electricity
connections are due, irregularities are common in the tender
process, and quality of work has been shoddy. In my
Gadchiroli-Chimur Lok Sabha Constituency people are using
contaminated water for domestic use and even for personal
hygiene in the absence of clean water promised under Jal Jeevan
Mission. Most of the work of laying pipelines are incomplete. I,
request the Government to release the pending funds under JJM to
Maharashtra state so that the stopped work can be restarted.