Hyderabad: Telangana is yet to receive any assistance for Mission Bhagiratha, the Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday, March 16.
Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil was responding to a question by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Vaddiraju Ravichandra, who asked whether the Centre had reviewed third-party inspection reports on drinking water works in Telangana, mainly in Bhadradri Kothagudem, Mulugu and Adilabad districts.
Patil said Telangana and Bihar would not receive central funds as they took up the drinking water schemes using their own resources. “As of now, the Centre does not plan to extend any support under the Jal Jeevan Mission to Telangana and Bihar as the scheme guidelines and timelines have been fixed, and 2028 is the deadline to achieve cent per cent tap connection to every household,” the Union Minister told the Upper House.
Mission Bhagiratha was started under former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s (KCR) tenure, giving piped drinking water connections to households. This scheme inspired Jal Jeevan Mission by the Narendra Modi government.
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