Under the Jaljeevan Mission (Gramin) Yojana, 3.53 crore rural households have been provided tap connections in the last 18 months. The scheme was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15, 2019, when only 3.23 crore (17 percent) of the country’s 19.04 crore rural households had a null connection. The special thing is that this year from January 1 to now 48 days. Over 50 lakh new tap connections have been installed.
Of the Union Ministry of Waterpower. According to the relentless efforts of the states and union territories, water life. 3.53 crore families were given new connections under the mission. Every family in 52 districts and 77 thousand villages of the country. The house has a tap connection. Now 6.76 crore (35.24 percent) means more than one-third of rural households. Is getting drinking water from the tap.
Jal Jeevan Mission, is envisioned to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India. The programme will also implement source sustainability measures as mandatory elements, such as recharge and reuse through grey water management, water conservation, rain water harvesting.
The Jal Jeevan Mission will be based on a community approach to water and will include extensive Information, Education and communication as a key component of the mission. The Mission was launched on August 15, 2019.
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