(a) whether work under drinking water scheme is not in progress in Maharashtra;
(b) if so, the reasons therefor and the action taken by the Union Government in this regard; and
(c) the funds allocated to Maharashtra by the Union Government under the scheme during
the last three years together with separate breaks up of the funds actually utilized and
those returned by the State during the said period?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT(SHRI ANNASAHEB M. K. PATIL)
(a) to (c): Drinking Water Supply being a State subject, the schemes for providing drinking
water supply in rural areas are implemented by the State Governments. The Government of
India supplements the efforts of the States by providing funds under the Accelerated Rural Water
Supply Programme (ARWSP) The State Governments have the powers to plan, sanction and
implement individual rural drinking water supply schemes. As per the information furnished by
the State Government, out of the total 85930 rural habitations in Maharashtra, 59489 are Fully
Covered (FC), 24405 are Partially Covered (PC) and 2036 are Not Covered (NC), with the
facility of drinking water supply as on 10.07.2002.
Details of funds allocated/released to the State of Maharashtra under Accelerated Rural
Water Supply Programme (ARWSP) and funds utilised by the State during the last three years
are as under:
(Rs. in crore) Year Allocation Release Utilisation
1999-2000 136.14 173.02 188.46 2000-2001 169.34 169.34 168.65 2001-2002 191.59 196.59 204.67
(Rs. in crore) S.No. District Project Cost GOI Share Funds Released Expenditure reported
1 Amravati 21.26 19.73 5.92 1.72
2. Dhule 39.53 36.93 11.08 0.88
3. Nanded 40.00 37.40 11.22 1.90
4. Raigad 37.93 34.74 10.42 0.55