Scheme likely to connect 3/4th of rural houses this month: Data

The Union government's flagship drinking water programme, Jal Jeevan Mission, is likely to cross a key milestone this month by connecting nearly three-fourths of all rural households, officials said.

- Zia Haq

As on Wednesday, 141.5 million rural households, or 73.48% of the total, have been given a functional tap-water connection, according to official data from the programme's dashboard. Nearly 82,000 families are being connected daily, the data shows. A baseline survey had shown that less than 17% or 32.3 million households had a connection in 2019, when the mission was launched.

The scheme aims to connect each of India's 192.6 million rural households with tap-water connections by 2024-end. Under the mission, a family is provided 55 litres of clean water per day per person.