11.66 crore households and 58 crore people now have access to clean drinking water through taps at home.
WD News: Sixty per cent of rural households in India now have access to clean drinking water through taps. More than 1.55 lakh villages (25% of total number of villages), in India have so far reported ‘Har Ghar Jal’, i.e., every household in these villages has access to clean drinking water through taps at their household premises.
In the current year (January to March 2023), one tap connection has been provided every second under the Jal Jeevan Mission. During the first three months of 2023, on an average, 86,894 new tap water connections were provided every day.
The overall financial commitment for Jal Jeevan Mission is Rs 3600 billion (US$ 43.80 billion) which makes it one of the largest welfare programmes in the world. At the time of the launch of the Mission in August 2019, out of 19.43 crore rural households, only 3.23 Crore (16.65%) had access to tap water.
The country crossed another milestone in the journey towards ‘Har Ghar Jal’ on April 4, 2023, with over 11.66 crore (60%) rural households provided with tap water supply in their homes. Five states of Gujarat, Telangana, Goa, Haryana, and Punjab and 3 Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Daman Diu & Dadra Nagar Haveli and Puducherry have reported 100% coverage.
In just about 3 years, more than 8.42 crore rural households with more than 40 crore people (@4.95 persons per rural household, source IMIS) have been benefitted under the programme. This is more than the population of USA (33.1 crore), almost twice the population of Brazil (21 crore) and Nigeria (20 crore), and more than thrice the population of Mexico (12.8 crore) & Japan (12.6 crore).
Source: PIB
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