New Delhi, Feb 27: The Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, will chair a Regional Conference of Ministers of the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), rural water supply and sanitation departmentof the North-Eastern States on28th February, 2022 at Guwahati, Assam.
The regional conference will focus on important issues pertaining to implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission and Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen).
The Union Minister will be setting the roadmap for the North-Eastern States, keeping in line with the guidance received from the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, during the Webinar on ‘Post Union Budget 2022 – Leaving No Citizen Behind’ held on 23 February, where he had said.
The Union Minister said that, “a clear roadmap must be built so that States and UTs can achieve the target within the stipulated timeframe. Priority should be given to North-Eastern border States, hilly region and aspirational districts.”
Difficult terrain, heavy rain and snowfall coupled with erratic supply of construction material greatly impacts the progress of the mission work in the border regions of the north-east.
Reaffirming the commitment towards public health and well-being of the people living in rural areas, the Union Budget 2022-23 fund allocation for JJM has been increased from Rs 45,000 crore in 2021-22 to Rs 60,000 crore in 2022-23. For SBM(G) Rs.7,192 crore have been allocated in the Budget 2022-23.
