PANJIM: Ministry of Jal Shakti on Monday announced via a public statement, that Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) has reached a new milestone of providing over 4 crore rural households with tap water supply since August 15, 2019.
As it had informed the Rajya Sabha last week, the Ministry again announced that Goa has become the first State in the country to provide 100 per cent tap water supply followed by Telangana and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The Ministry also shared information from its JJM Dashboard regarding the status of households with tap water connections (as on date), across the country.
Here it was revealed that Goa has 2,63,013 households with tap water supply, which is at 100 per cent connections.
The Centre also stated that JJM is being implemented in partnership with the States with an aim to provide potable water in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality on regular and long-term basis. Extensive planning exercise is undertaken by the States/UTs following a ‘bottom-up approach’.
Accordingly, they have firmed up the action Plan to provide tap water connection to every rural household. 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. JJM gives highest priority to potability of drinking water, which will reduce water-borne diseases and improve health of people. States/ UTs are upgrading water quality testing laboratories and opening them to the public enabling them to get their water samples tested at nominal rates.
