Projects
Providing safe drinking water under Prime Minister’s Jal Jeevan Mission connecting households. Transportation of water from water bodies to farmlands for irrigation purposes. Extraction and lifting of water from borewell with submersible pumps. Drainage system for municipal corporations. Ducting of electrical and telecom cables.
Karnataka works on water lifeline amid hurdles
The Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), a mega Centrally-sponsored project, with Rs 60,000 crore earmarked for it in the 2022-23 Union Budget, aims to wipe out visions of rural womenfolk walking kilometers under the scorching Sun to fetch drinking water.
Drinking water projects for Karnataka worth Rs 9,200 crore get nod
The cabinet on Wednesday approved a range of rural drinking water projects, including under the Centre’s Jal Jeevan Mission, worth Rs 9,200 crore to ensure tapped water to households in over 2,000 villages across the state.
Karnataka clears 120 water schemes worth Rs 11k crore
Karnataka has given approvals to 120 multi-village water supply schemes that are estimated to cost Rs 11,542 crore, which are a part of the government’s rush to provide functional tap connections to every rural household.