The national Jal Jeevan Mission gets a big boost as Goa, Telangana, Andaman & Nicobar Islands have become ‘Har Ghar Jal’ states, and UT by receiving 100% tap water supply.
In less than two years, the national Jal Jeevan Mission has created a milestone by providing over 4 Crore rural households with tap water supply. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship programme was announced to provide tap water supply to every rural home by 2024. Now, 7.24 Crore i.e. more than 1/3rd of rural households are getting potable water through taps.
JJM provide assured tap water supply to every family living in 56 districts and over 86 thousand villages
Goa is the first state in the country to provide 100% tap water supply followed by Telangana and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The untiring efforts of States/ UTs have helped Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) provide assured tap water supply to every family living in 56 districts and over 86 thousand villages.
“Since the announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission on 15th August 2019, so far, four Crore households have been provided with tap water connections, thus increasing the tap water supply from 3.23 Crore (17%) to more than 7.20 Crore (37.6%) rural households in the country,” the ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
An allocation of ₹11,000 crore was made under JJM in the Union budget for FY22. The aim is to supply water to 4,378 urban local bodies with 26.8 million tap connections.
The government has now approved ₹465 crore for seven states which include Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. The northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Sikkim have been chosen for the incentive as they are also among the best states in terms of performance under JJM.
States/ UTs are now competing with each other and focusing on the target to ensure that every household in the country gets safe drinking water so that no one is left out.
Potable water supply to water quality-affected habitations is a top priority under JJM
Jal Jeeva Mission is being implemented in partnership with the States with an aim to provide potable water in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality on a regular and long-term basis.
A bottom-up approach
Extensive planning exercise is undertaken by the States/ UTs following a bottom-up approach. A firmed Action Plan to provide tap water connection to every rural household is underway.
While implementing, States are giving priority to water quality-affected areas, villages in drought-prone and desert areas, Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe majority villages, aspirational districts and Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna villages. Potable water supply to water quality-affected habitations is a top priority under Jal Jeevan Mission.
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