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7 YEARS TRANSFORMATION

Building a New India THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

A Rare Technological Accomplishment
TAP WATER Jal Jeevan Mission ensures potable water in
Ladakh overcoming hazardous difficult terrain and
cold freezing temperature
REACHES Prime Minister Narendra Modi had

vowed from the ramparts of Red
LADAKH AT Fort on August 15, 2019, to provide
clean drinking tap water to every

MINUS 30 DEGREE household in the country.

t is an uphill task for even the most During the harsh winter, the upper
advanced countries of the world to provide surface of the lakes and ponds
Itap water in the freezing temperature freezes but beneath it the water is
below -30 degrees or -40 degrees Celsius. At present in the fluid form. With the
such a low temperature the tap water freezes help of the infiltration technique, the
which hampers its uninterrupted supply. fluid water underneath the water
Many parts of the world including Siberia in bodies is supplied to the households
Russia and Texas and Chicago in the USA After treating the river water to make
faces no supply of tap water for weeks it potable, it is stored in the overhead
during the harsh winter. But amidst the tank through the vast supply
adversities and vast challenges, the Ladakh pipelines laid deep below the land
region of India has emerged as a prototype surface. Solar energy is used to keep
of astute foresight and technological feat it warm
where tap water is being provided without The water is supplied during the
freezing even at a low temperature of -30 scheduled time to the households.
degrees Celsius. This accomplishment has In the villages of Stoke, Nang and
been made possible under the Government's Fayang the water is being supplied
ambitious Jal Jeevan Mission. through this method

The water supply HIGHLIGHTS OF JAL JEEVAN MISSION
pipelines have been
laid down three to
four feet beneath
the land surface It plans to From Over 4 Crore
the period of
to protect it from provide tap water independence till families get tap
supply to
freezing or bursting 19.20 Crore 2019 only 3.23 Crore water supply under
during winter. For this households in the families received the Jal Jeevan
purpose insulated country by tap water supply Mission
pipes are used which 2024
inhibits pipes from
freezing Goa becomes the first state to provide tap water supply to all the
households while Telangana emerges second to achieve this
remarkable feat
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