New Delhi, 23 May 2012 : Under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) during 11th Five Year Plan for Jharkhand, against the total allocation of Rs. 752.24 crore an amount of Rs. 554.25 crore was released. Out of this the state government utilized Rs. 520.20 crore.
During the plan period, under the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), the state of Jharkhand completed 13,66,549 Individual Household Latrines (IHHLs), 30,627 school toilet units, 6,580 anganwadi toilets and 205 Community Sanitary Complexes (CSCs). The target however was of 37,29,495 IHHLs, 42,687 school toilet units, 11,472 anganwadi toilets and 1,203 CSCs for all the 24 districts in Jharkhand.
Mr. Jairam Ramesh, the union minister for drinking water and sanitation gave this information in a written reply on the last day of this session in reply to a question from rajya sabha member Mr. Parimal Nathwani.
The minister stated that the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) being a project based programme, no year wise and plan wise targets were fixed. However, one of the objectives was to accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas to achieve access to toilet to all by the year 2017 including Jharkhand.
The minister further stated that the 12th Five Year Plan was not finalized. For 2012-13, the targets in respect of the state of Jharkhand under NRDWP included coverage of 389 quality affected and 16,157 partially covered habitations; he said and added that the state governments were required to establish State Water & Sanitation Missions (SWSMs) for implementation of NRDWP and TSC programmes in the states.
