News: Telangana has achieved 100% tap water connections to all schools and AnganWadiCentres (AWCs) under a 100-day Special Campaign.
The other states like Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Haryana and Tamil Nadu, also achieved this target.
About 100-day Special Campaign: On 2nd October 2020, the Ministry of Jal Shakti had launched the 100-day Special Campaign to ensure piped safe water to all schools and anganwadis under the Jal Jeevan Mission.
Aim: The campaign was launched in order to ensure safe potable piped water for children. Children are more susceptible to water-borne diseases.
Achievements:
- So far, 1.82 lakh greywater management structures and 1.42 lakh rainwater harvesting structures had been constructed in all schools and AWCs.
- In all, 5.21 lakh schools and 4.71 lakh AWCs had been provided with a piped water supply and around 8.24 lakh assets in these institutions had been geo-tagged.
| Note: Mission Bhagiratha: It is a flagship programme of the Telangana government. It is aimed at providing safe drinking water to every household. |
