trichy of the 127 crore households in 79395 rural settlements in 12525 village panchayats in tamil nadu a total of 4633 lakh households have been given drinking water connection union minister of state for food processing industries and jal shakti prahlad singh patel said here on sundaywhile reviewing the ongoing projects under the jal jeevan mission with state minister of rural development k r periakaruppan he appreciated the state government for providing 100 drinking water connections to schools noon meal centres primary health centres and government buildingsthe minister also instructed the officials to take necessary steps to improve protect and maintain water sources he stressed the need for covering the entire household in a phased manner to provide water connectionswork is in progress to eradicate open defecation by constructing individual and community toilets and improving solid and liquid waste management systems in the rural areas across the state to execute the mission the union government has allotted rs 36658 crore under swachh bharat mission he saidlater in the evening the minister visited trichy to participate in various events he inaugurated an overhead water tank and a community sanitary complex built under swachh bharat mission at samathuvapuram in navalpattu panchayat in the districtthe 30000litre overhead water tank constructed at a cost of rs 10 lakh and the community sanitary complex constructed spending rs 525 lakh were opened district collector s sivarasu and other officials attended the functions