‘2.44 lakh of 3.18 lakh households covered; 275 water supply schemes under execution’
Raja Syed Rather
Srinagar, Aug 06 :
Around 77 per cent of households in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency have been provided tap water connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
As per the reply by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti V. Somanna to an unstarred question by MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh, a total of 2,44,337 households out of 3,18,600 households in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency have been provided with tap water connections so far.
The ministry, as reported by the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that 525 water supply schemes are being implemented in the constituency at an estimated cost of Rs 2,073.50 crore. Of this, an expenditure of Rs 1,233.28 crore has been incurred so far.
Of the total 525 schemes, 250 have been physically completed, while the remaining 275 schemes are at various stages of execution. These schemes are expected to be completed by December 2028 in line with the extended timeline of Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0.
The Ministry further stated that drinking water is a State subject, and the responsibility for planning, approval, implementation, operation and maintenance of drinking water supply schemes rests with the concerned State/UT governments. The Centre provides technical and financial assistance for implementation of the mission.
The Union Cabinet in March 2026 approved extension of the Jal Jeevan Mission up to December 2028 with an enhanced outlay and a restructured implementation framework under JJM 2.0.
Under the first phase of JJM, Jammu and Kashmir was allocated Rs 18,514.25 crore, of which Rs 6,496.48 crore was drawn. For JJM 2.0, the UT has been allocated Rs 905.74 crore for the financial year 2026-27, against which a mother sanction of Rs 116.06 crore has been issued.
The government has been implementing JJM-Har Ghar Jal since August 2019 in partnership with States and Union Territories, including Jammu and Kashmir, to provide tap water supply to every rural household. I can also make this into a more compact KNO breaking-news format or a sharper headline/sub-headline version—(KNO)