Jal Jeevan Mission Achieves 87% Progress in Dakshina Kannada: Know More

The Jal Jeevan Mission, which aimed at providing round-the-clock piped drinking water supply to rural households, has achieved 87% progress in Dakshina Kannada. K. Anand, Chief Executive Officer of the zilla panchayat informed that out of 3,34,185 houses to be covered under the mission, piped water supply has been provided to 2,90,583 houses (86.95%) in the jurisdiction of the zilla panchayat.

Implementing 36 projects under the mission has been delayed due to various reasons. The timeframe in the bid (tender) document for completing the projects has been fixed taking into account the weather and all other technical aspects.