Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban)

Why in news?

• The Union Budget 2021-22 announced Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) to bring safe water to 2.86 crore households through tap connection.
• This in line with the Centre’s rural water supply project launched in 2019.

About the scheme

• Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an outlay of Rs 50,011 crore for this scheme.
• The mission will attempt to connect every household with tap water and the target year is 2024.
• Jal Jeevan Mission (Rural) has been able to cover only around 34 per cent of the targeted households (65.5 million) in rural India, according to the latest data from the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti.
• The scheme will include rejuvenation of waterbodies and 20% of supply from reused water.
• There was an estimated gap of 2.68 crore urban household tap connections that the Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) (JJMU) would seek to bridge in all 4,378 statutory towns.
• The Mission would also aim to bridge the gap of 2.64 crore sewer connections in the 500 cities under the existing Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
• The Ministry said 20% of the water demand would be met with reused water. The total expenditure on the mission would be ?2.87 lakh crore over five years.

Prelims Question

Consider the following statements on Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban):
1.One fifth of water demand under the scheme will be met with reused water.
2.It will aim to connect every urban household with tap water by 2022.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2

Answer to the Prelims Question