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आवरण JAL JEEVAN MISSION
NATION
कथा
SAFE WATER FOR FEATURES OF JAL JEEVAN MISSION APP

A BETTER FUTURE

Even after 72 years of independence, only 3.23
crore houses out of 19 crore rural households
of our country had access to tap water. Since
the launch of the Jal Jeevan Mission in August
2019, more than 5 crore households have
been provided with tap water connections in
their homes in just 25 months. Today, water is
reaching every household in about 1.25 lakh
villages in 80 districts of the country. In other
words, the work that was done in the last seven
decades, India of today has done more than
that in just two years. This is a perfect example
of the approach of New India to target the last
mile of the society in a time bound manner.
Now the nation is taking one more step towards
a water safe country through Jal Jeevan
Mission App and National Jal Jeevan Kosh.

anda in Uttar Pradesh is among those districts
which once was most affected by the drinking
Bwater crisis. When tap water reached the non- I would say to every citizen of the country
descript village of Umri under the Jal Jeevan Mission, who has an abundance of water, that you
the happiness of the people knew no bounds. But should make more efforts to save water
there has been a sea-change in the lives of the people and of course people have to change
after people started accessing tap water at their their habits for this.
homes. During a conversation with Prime Minister - Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, the chairman of the Pani Samiti (water
committee) Girjakant Tiwari of Umri said, “Women
who once used to travel long to get water from a hand Under the 'Har Ghar Jal' campaign
pump are now able to concentrate more on other
issues. Water-borne diseases have also become of Jal Jeevan Mission, 100% water
a distant thing because of pure water.” Similar are connection has been provided
the experiences of Pipli village in Gujarat and Vellari in Telangana, Goa, Haryana, and
village in Tamil Nadu. 3 Union Territories- Puducherry,
Gujarat was ravaged by a powerful earthquake Andaman-Nicobar, Dadra Nagar
in the beginning of the 21st century. More than
20,000 lives were lost. At the same time, Gujarat Haveli and Daman, and Diu.
was also battling with an acute water crisis. Every
year the groundwater level would go down by
three to five feet. Drought, contaminated water
and resultant diseases were common. Narenda

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