Telangana second in supplying tap water

HYDERABAD: Telangana stood second in the country in implementation Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), aimed at providing tap water to 100% households and initiated by the department of drinking water & sanitation working under ministry of jal shakti.
According to the survey report released by the JJM on ‘functional household tap connection’ (FHTC) in every rural home under ‘Har Ghar Jal’ programme, in Telangana, a total of 54,06,070 households have been benefited by the water supply initiative.
“This is the fifth consecutive year that Telangana has achieved this record. The state government has spent Rs 32,000 crore to provide potable water to every household in rural areas under the Mission Bhagiratha scheme,” Krupakar Reddy, engineer-in-chief, Mission Bhagiratha, told TOI. The scheme was aimed to provide safe drinking water for every village and city household in Telangana , he said.
Our main drinking water sources are Godavari and Krishna, and supplying a total of 3,000 million litres of potable water per day (MLD) to the beneficiaries through 19 intake wells, covering entire rural areas in the state. Recently, we have been providing mineral water bottles with Mission Bhagiratha stickers after purification in water treatment plants, said the official.