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GOA: FIRST 'HAR GHAR JAL' STATE

Goa has earned the unique distinction of becoming
the first 'Har Ghar Jal' State in the country by
providing 100 per cent Functional Household Tap
Connections to all its 2.30 Lakh rural households.
The two districts of Goa i.e. North Goa with 1.65
Lakh rural households and South Goa with 98,000
rural households in 191 Gram Panchayats are fully
saturated with assured piped water supply through
tap connections.

EFFORTS CONTINUED DESPITE

COVID-19 FEAR

Since Unlock 1, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
about 45 Lakh tap connections have been provided
so far in the year 2020-21. Everyday about 1 Lakh
households are being given tap connections. To
ensure transparency, every asset created is being
geo-tagged and connections are being linked with
the Aadhar of the head of the household. In the
prevailing pandemic situation, works related to
water supply and water conservation continued
in villages. The project has not just ensured
availability of potable water supply in the rural
areas but also created job opportunities for the
skilled/semi-skilled migrant workers

connection in schools, Anganwadi centres, health care
centres, etc.
To provide clean and safe drinking water to
children across the country, Union Minister for Jal
Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on October 2,
2020, launched a special mission mode campaign
to provide potable piped water supply in all schools
and Anganwadi Centres within 100 days. The Prime
Minister on September 29, 2020, envisaged this idea.
He appealed to states to make the best use of this
campaign to ensure provision of potable piped water
supply in these public institutions.

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