Rural Drinking Water Coverage Reaches 86.52 Percent in Tripura: CM Dr. Saha at Assembly
Aug 27, 2026
Over 86 percent of rural households in Tripura have now received purified drinking water connections, Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha announced in the state assembly on Thursday while detailing the progress of the Jal Jeevan Mission.
Replying to a starred question raised by BJP legislator Jahar Chakraborty during the tenth session of the 13th Legislative Assembly, the Chief Minister stated that as of August 20, 2026, a total of 6,47,437 out of the state's 7,50,449 rural families have access to purified drinking water.
Highlighting the state's progress, Dr. Saha noted that when the Jal Jeevan Mission was launched on August 15, 2019, piped drinking water was available to merely 3.24 percent of rural households. He informed the House that up to August 20, 2023, a total of 1,51,135 families had been brought under this service. Over the past three years, an additional 1,91,106 rural families across 1,193 Gram Panchayats and Village Committees were connected to the safe drinking water network.
However, challenges remain in specific regions. While responding to a supplementary question from TIPRA Motha Party legislator Ranjit Debbarma, the Chief Minister acknowledged ongoing water scarcity in certain parts of the Autonomous District Council (ADC) areas, particularly in the remote regions of the Mungiakami block.
According to the Chief Minister, the lack of suitable groundwater levels in hilly and rocky terrains makes it difficult to install conventional deep or shallow tube wells. To counter this issue, the government is adopting alternative methods, such as collecting water from natural springs and streams and pumping it up to higher elevated areas.
Despite these geographical hurdles, the average drinking water connection rate in the ADC areas currently stands at nearly 80 percent, with coverage ranging between 85 and 100 percent in various specific localities. Dr. Saha expressed optimism that the state will soon achieve 100 percent piped water coverage for rural households, adding that work is actively ongoing to connect the remaining families through new water treatment plants, deep and shallow tube wells, and various new projects.
Furthermore, he informed the Assembly that separate villages are identified using the Local Government Directory (LGD) code. This coding system is utilized to maintain precise records of drinking water supply, population statistics, and other developmental data for state initiatives like the Jal Jeevan Mission and the Swachh Bharat Mission.
