The Centre has allocated Rs 2,479.88 crore to Jharkhand under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and has released its first tranche of Rs 572.24 crore. In Jharkhand, out of 58.95 lakh households across 29,752 villages only 7.72 lakh households have been provided with tap water connections. At the time of launch of JJM, only 3.45 lakh households had tap water supply. In 22 months, 4.27 lakh households in the state have been provided with tap water connections. However, in comparison to the national average of 23 per cent, the increase in providing tap water supply in Jharkhand is very slow.
In 2020-21 only 2.99 lakh tap water connections were provided to the state. To assist the state to provide tap water supply to every household by 2024, the Centre has increased its allocation four-fold to Rs 2,479.88 crore.