Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has announced ₹ 7,000 crore for the Jal Jeevan Mission with an ambition to provide potable drinking water to all rural households through individual taps before 2024.
He said so far 21.28 lakh tap connections have been provided by spending ₹3,592 crore. In the next two years 25 lakh more connections would be provided. In the year 2022-23, the government would incur an expenditure of ₹ 7,000 crore.
RDPR Minister K.S.Eshwarappa, in a press release, has welcomed the Chief Minister’s announcement. The State Government has allocated its share for the scheme, being implemented with the support of Union Government.