Blitz Bureau
AROUND 11.75 crore tap water connections have been provided to rural households under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)- Har Ghar Jal in the last five years.
This was stated by Minister of State for Jal Shakti V Somanna in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. He said only 3.23 crore rural households had tap water connections when the Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in August 2019 but now over 77 per cent of rural households in the country have water connections. He further said 55 litres per capita per day of prescribed quality is being provided through these connections.
On the quality of the water provided through the scheme, the minister said an online JJM – Water Quality Management Information System (WQMIS)- portal has been developed to enable states and Union Territories to test water samples for water quality and for sample collection, reporting, monitoring and surveillance of drinking water sources.
He said the states and UTs have also been advised to identify and train five persons, preferably women, from every village to conduct water quality test.
