Union Min Jal Shakti chaired regional conference on JJM & SBM (G) in B’luru

“Government of India accords top priority to Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) which is evident from the funds allocated by the Centre to the States/ UTs for the implementation of these two flagship programmes. Funds to the tune of Rs. 20,487.58 Crore is allocated under JJM and an amount of Rs 1,355.13 Crore is allocated under SBM (G) for the participating 6 States and UT of Puducherry in the current financial year and under 15th Finance Commission, Rs 7,498 Crore have been allocated as tied-grant to 6 participating States.,” said the Union Minister Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat as he chaired the Regional Conference at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru.
6 States and 2 UTs (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Puducherry and Lakhshadweep) are part of the regional conference. Shri Basavaraj Bommai, Chief Minister of Karnataka welcomed the delegates attending the Conference in Bengaluru. Shri Peddi Reddy Rama Chandra Reddy, Panchayati Raj & Rural Development Minister from Andhra Pradesh, Shri Brijendra Singh Yadav, Minister for State for Public Health Engineering Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Dr. C. N. Ashwath Narayan, Minister IT, BT, S&T, Government of Karnataka, Shri Govind Karjol, Minister of Major and Medium Irrigation, Government of Karnataka; and Shri AK. Sai J Saravanan Kumar, Minister for Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Government of Puducherry attended the conference along with ACS, Principal Secretaries, Secretaries and other senior officers from Centre and State Governments.
Basavaraj Bommai, Chief Minister of Karnataka said, “Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is the first leader to the take the problem of water head-on and announced ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ in August, 2019. My State accords highest priority to the water supply programme and we have allocated Rs 7,000 Crore for drinking water sector in 2022-23. Water is not just a local but also a global problem. It cannot be solved only by creating water supply infrastructure, it requires better planning, continuous monitoring, O&M, source sustainability, coordination between different stakeholders, river basin management and efficiency in using water for irrigation.”