The National Jal Jeevan Mission today launched an innovation challenge for developing portable devices to test drinking water quality. The main objective of the exercise is to bring an innovative, modular, and cost-effective solution to develop portable devices that can be used at the household level to test the drinking water quality instantly, easily and accurately.
Since the announcement of the Jal Jeevan Mission, so far two crore 90 lakh households have been provided tap water connections. The Ministry said, every household in 20 districts, 425 blocks, 34 thousand Gram Panchayats and 64 thousand villages of the country have access to tap water connection now.
