NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will chair a Regional Conference of Ministers of the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), rural water supply and sanitation departments of the Northeastern States on February 28 at Guwahati, stated a press release.
The regional conference will focus on important issues pertaining to implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen). The meeting can be viewed on the following link: https://youtu.be/N2Wo8QLA6jA
The Union Minister will be setting the roadmap for the Northeastern States, keeping in line with the guidance received from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Webinar on 'Post Union Budget 2022 - Leaving No Citizen Behind' held on February 23, where he had said, "a clear roadmap must be built so that States/ UTs can achieve the target within the stipulated timeframe. Priority should be given to Northeastern 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 increased fund allocation for JJM from Rs 45,000 crore in 2021-22 to Rs 60,000 crore in 2022-23. For SBM (G) Rs 7,192 crore has been allocated in the Budget 2022-23.
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