Jal Jeevan Mission

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The Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) has achieved another milestone of providing tap water connections to 13 Crore rural households.

Key Highlights:

• 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.