4 crore rural households given water connections in final 1 and half years

PM Narendra Modi’s bold scheme of offering piped water to each family within the nation has began with a large success, because it has exceeded its goal thus far since its launch in 2019. The flagship ‘Har Ghar Nal Se Jal’ has offered tapped water to roughly 4 crore rural households, which is nearly 20% greater than the goal.
The initiative for the reason that launch in 2019 has offered over 4.03 rural households with faucet water connections, which is greater than the variety of rural households with water connections at the moment. 100% rural households of Goa, Telangana and Andaman & Nicobar Islands now have faucet water connections with states like Puducherry, Haryana and Gujarat inching near the cent per cent mark, in line with the Jal Sakti ministry.
Announced by PM @narendramodi on 15.08.2019, with the goal to offer faucet water provide to each rural dwelling by 2024, #JJM has reached over 4 Crore houses. About, 7.25 Crore (38%) i.e. greater than 1/third of rural houses are getting potable water by means of faucets. https://t.co/89m6k5kRLG pic.twitter.com/BvyGBrwiqD— Jal Jeevan Mission (@jaljeevan_) March 29, 2021
Historically, entry to scrub and secure piped water has been very poor in India. Out of 19.19 crore rural households in India, solely 16.87% of households had faucet water connections until August 15, 2019, for the reason that time of independence. This means, firstly of the scheme, solely round 3.2 crore rural households had water connections, and that quantity has greater than doubled after the launch of the scheme.
Concerned in regards to the lack of secure consuming water for the agricultural households, Narendra Modi had launched the time-bound initiative- the Jal Jeevan Mission on August 15, 2019. The goal of the initiative is to offer secure and enough consuming water by means of particular person family faucet connections to all rural households in India by 2024. The initiative additionally touches upon different sustainable measures for water conservation, recharge and reuse by means of greywater administration and rainwater harvesting.
It is unlucky, nonetheless, that so many individuals lack entry to water even 70 years after Independence.Work on the Jal Jeevan Mission will progress with nice vigour within the years to come back: PM @narendramodi— PMO India (@PMOIndia) August 15, 2019
The Jal Jeevan Mission is concurrently specializing in offering potable consuming water to public establishments resembling authorities colleges, Anganwadi centres, well being and wellness centres. 
The mission regardless of attaining a exceptional feat remains to be in need of goal in a number of states, together with West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and many others, which have been the worst-performing states in offering entry to potable consuming water to rural households.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his political rallies in West Bengal expressed his displeasure over TMC depriving the state of the Centre’s piped water scheme. The state at present has coated nearly 9% of rural households with faucet water connections. 
Narendra Modi whereas addressing a rally in West Bengal made a surprising revelation. He knowledgeable, “Around 3.6 crore rural households have been brought under the water supply project. But in Bengal, only 9 lakh households have received direct drinking water supply in their homes. The central government had sanctioned Rs 1,700 crore for the project but, unfortunately, only Rs 690 crore have been duly used and rest is drained out.”
The ‘Jal Jiwan Mission’ is essential for West Bengal as many individuals don’t obtain water from faucets & all that is taking place regardless of the state having a lady Chief Minister: Prime Minister Narendra Modi#BattleForBengal pic.twitter.com/j8V48EdrD9— News18 (@CNNnews18) March 7, 2021
In one other rally at Purulia, the Prime Minister claimed that the proposed Purulia Piped Water Supply Project — funded by JICA — has been happening for practically eight years and remains to be “far from completion”.
In a press notice launched by the workplace of Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister of Jal Shakti, knowledgeable that regardless of the CoVid-19 pandemic and resultant lockdowns, the speedy implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission offered 3.16 Crore rural households with faucet water connection. Making a vital strategic shift, the mission will now concentrate on offering an assured provide of potable water to each dwelling slightly than mere infrastructure creation.
Jal Jeevan Mission is working in partnership with the States with an goal to offer potable water in enough amount and of prescribed high quality on common and long-term foundation. Extensive planning train was undertaken by the States/ UTs following ‘bottom-up approach’. Accordingly, they’ve firmed up the Action Plan to offer faucet water connection to each rural family. While implementing, States are giving precedence to water quality-affected areas, village in drought susceptible and desert areas, Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe majority villages, aspirational districts and Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna villages.