Water supply in towns/cities
According to the 58th Round of National Sample Survey, 73.6% of urban households have access to tap water, 19.6% households have access to tubewell and hand pump and 5.1% have access to pump. However, there are 11 Nos. of towns/cities across the country which have no piped water supply (ANNEXURE-I). There is no town in Tamil Nadu, where the households do not have access to tap water. Water supply schemes in Katpar (Gujarat), Jeron Khalsa (M.P.) and Sairang (Mizoram) have been approved under Accelerated Urban Water Supply Programme (AUWSP) in the year 2004 and are reported to be commissioned.
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