Chennai, Jan. 20 -- The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday urged the Centre to releaseRs 3,112 crore under the Jal Jeevan mission.
In his customary New Year address to the first session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly, GovernorR N Ravi said recognizing the need to ensure the supply of safe drinking water to the people inrural areas, the state Government has been continuously implementing several schemes.
The 'Jal Jeevan Mission' is being implemented with the contributions of both the union and StateGovernments with the objective of providing 55 litres of safe drinking water per person per day.
Through this scheme, functional household tap connections have been provided to 1.12 crorerural households in Tamil Nadu, he said.
It is noteworthy that...