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Source: The post is based on the article “Jal Jeevan Mission Achieves Milestone of 13 Crore Rural Households Tap Connections” published in PIB on 6th September 2023
What is the News?
The Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) has achieved another milestone of providing tap water connections to 13 Crore rural households.
What is the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)?
What is the progress made under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)?
Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) has achieved the milestone of providing tap water connections to 130 million rural households.
The rural tap connection coverage has increased from 32.3 million households at the start of the mission in 2019 to 130 million in just four years.
Currently, Goa, Telangana, Haryana, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and Andaman and Nicobar Islands have reported 100% coverage.
Every second, one tap water connection is installed, thus changing the country’s rural landscape.Since January 1,2023 around 87,500 tap connections have been provided every day.
Tap water supply has been provided to 915,000 (88.73%) schools, and 952,000 (84.69%) anganwadi centers in the country.
The mission has also successfully resolved the issue of Arsenic and Fluoride contamination in drinking water sources providing safe drinking water in affected habitations.
