The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry on Tuesday launched a survey to collect data on drinking water in 10 cities in the country, including Tumakuru, under the Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban).
As part of the survey ‘Pey Jal Survekshan’, data will also be collected on wastewater management and the condition of water bodies in the cities.
The ministry has decided to launch the pilot project in Agra, Badlapur, Bhubaneswar, Churu, Kochi, Madurai, Patiala, Rohtak, Surat and Tumakuru, the ministry secretary Durga Shanker Mishra said in a statement.
“The data on drinking water, wastewater management, non-revenue water and the condition of three water bodies in the cities will be collected through face-to-face interviews with citizens and municipal officials as per the approved questionnaire, on-call interviews, water sample collection and laboratory testing, and field survey for non-revenue water,” the ministry said.
Based on the finding of the pilot survey, this exercise will be extended to all the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) cities.
The Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) is designed to provide universal coverage of water supply to all households through functional taps in all 4,378 statutory towns, the statement added.
Published 16 February 2021, 16:44 IST
