100 Districts in the Country Become ‘Har Ghar Jal’ Under Jal Jeevan Mission

100 Districts in the Country Become ‘Har Ghar Jal’ Under Jal Jeevan Mission

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Category : National Published on: February 21 2022

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Jal Jeevan Mission achieved milestone of providing tap water to every home of 100 districts in the country.
Chamba, an Aspirational District of Himachal Pradesh has become the 100th ‘Har Ghar Jal’ District.
Chamba is the fifth aspirational district to become ‘Har Ghar Jal’.
Other four Har Ghar Jal Aspirational districts are: Bhadradri Kothgudem, Jayashankar Bhupalpalli, Komram Bheem Asifabad (all in Telangana) and Mewat in Haryana.
At the announcement of the Mission on 15th August 2019, out of 19.27 Crore households only 3.23 Crore (17%) households in India had tap water connections.
Many more States like Punjab (99%), Himachal Pradesh (92.5%), Gujarat (92%) and Bihar (90%) are on the verge of becoming ‘Har Ghar Jal’ in 2022.

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