RURAL WATER & SANITATION – A PROFILE

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• Government investment is more than Rs.40,000 crore for the rural drinking water sector since independence.
• Ministry of Rural Development has been mandated to provide safe drinking water in all rural habitations by 2004.
• All the rural habitations in Uttar Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Orissa, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are fully covered with drinking water.
• Out of the total 14.23 lakh rural habitations in the country, 13.10 lakh habitations are fully covered, 99000 habitations are partially covered and 12000 habitations are not covered with drinking water.
• 2.17 lakh habitations are affected by water quality problem like fluoride, Arsenic, Salinity, Excess Iron, Nitrate and other reasons.
• Under Sector Reforms, 67 projects were sanctioned in 26 states with total outlay of Rs.2060.45 crore.
• Sector Reforms project introduced in 1999 on Pilot basis in rural drinking water was expanded to entire country and named as Swajaldhara.
• Under Swajaldhara, 4986 projects have been approved for 15 States/1 Union Territory.
• Under Total Sanitation Campaign, 288 projects have been sanctioned with financial outlay of Rs.2869 crore.
• So far 25.15 lakhs individual house hold toilets, 32231 school toilets, 1050 women complexes, 3887 Anganwadi toilets and 479 Rural Sanitary Marts have been constructed.