<span style="color: #222222;">Karnataka has planned to provide tap connections to all rural households under Jal Jeevan Mission by 2022-23.<br />''<br />''The State presented their Annual Action Plan for implementation of the Mission in the State to the Ministry of Jal Shakti.<br />''<br />''Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation chaired a meeting through video conference and approved the action plan of the State for 2020-21.<br />''<br />''Ministry of Jal Shakti in a statement said that Central Government has approved a fund of over Rs 1,189 crore for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in Karnataka in 2020-21, which is a considerable increase from around 546 crore rupees in 2019-20.<br />''<br />''The Ministry of Jal Shakti has been working with the States in preparing a roadmap to implement the Prime Minister's flagship programme Jal Jeevan Mission.<br />''<br />''The Ministry said, the mission aims at providing 55 litres of potable water per person per day to every rural household of the country by 2024.<br />''<br />''The Jal Shakti Ministry said, out of 89 lakh rural households in Karnataka,  24.50 lakh have been provided with tap connections.<br />''<br />''It said, in 2019-20, only 22,127 tap connections were provided and there is an immense scope to provide tap connections to remaining rural households.<br />''<br />''In 2020-21, the State is planning to enable 23.57 lakh households with tap water connections.<br />''<br />''In the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic situation, the Ministry has asked the State to start works related to water supply and water conservation immediately in villages so as to provide works to the migrant workers to provide livelihood as well as to ensure potable water in the households of rural people</span><br />