NEW DELHI: All states and Union territories have greater than 50 per cent protection of faucet water connections in rural households, in keeping with official knowledge. Underneath the Har Ghar Jal scheme, all rural households can be supplied with faucet water connections by the year-end. As of now, all states and Union territories (UTs) have greater than 50 per cent protection of faucet water connections in rural households with 11 states and UTs having 100 per cent protection.
The states and UTs with 100 per cent protection of faucet water connections in rural households are Goa; Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; Haryana; Telangana; Puducherry; Gujarat; Punjab; Himachal Pradesh; Arunachal Pradesh; and Mizoram.
The least protection has been recorded in West Bengal at 52.30 per cent, Rajasthan at 52.91 per cent, Kerala at 53.62 per cent, Jharkhand at 54.26 per cent, and Madhya Pradesh at 64.84 per cent, in keeping with the information.
Out of a complete of 19,33,38,234 (19.33 crore) rural households, 16,09,75,396 (16.09 crore) have been supplied with faucet water connections to date. The Har Ghar Jal scheme was initiated by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti below the Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019 with the goal to supply 55 litres of faucet water to each rural family per capita per day by 2024.
In keeping with an official, past the numbers, the mission’s impression was seen in flood-prone areas akin to Assam, the place climate-adaptive water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) constructions had been in place to make sure entry to scrub water even throughout pure disasters. “The programme in Assam, for instance, is seen as a lifeline for communities repeatedly affected by monsoon floods,” the official mentioned.
A Har Ghar Jal certification initiative has been launched to advertise neighborhood involvement, encouraging gram sabhas to confirm faucet water protection and guarantee service ranges had been maintained. This has already been adopted in states akin to Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, and Mizoram, the official mentioned.
