Centre providing full assistance to Himachal Pradesh to achieve goal of providing clean tap water supply to every rural home by 2024: Jal Shakti Ministry

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 22, Jan 2022

Jal Shakti Ministry has said that Centre is providing full assistance to Himachal Pradesh to achieve the goal of providing clean tap water supply to every rural home by 2024. During the review meeting with the Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh, the secretary of Department of Drinking, Water and Sanitation Vini Mahajan appreciated the progress made by the state in providing tap water supply to rural homes.

She said, Jal Jeevan Mission is a decentralized, demand-driven, community-managed water supply scheme which aims to improve the lives of rural people. Ms Mahajan congratulated the state for providing 100 per cent tap water connection in school and anganwadi. She said, it will help in reducing water-borne ailments among children as safe water is provided to children for drinking and for cooking mid-day meal to the school administration. In about 28 months, eight lakh 25 thousand households in the state have been provided with clean tap water. 

Sources : News on AIR