By December 2022, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir will be providing potable water to their entire rural population under the central scheme Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), ahead of national goal of 2024-25.
According to statement here by the Union Rural Development Ministry, Haryana has provided 1.05 lakh tap connections during 2019-20 under the JJM and now the State Government is planning 100 per centage coverage by December, 2022.
By doing so, Haryana will be among the leading states to accomplish the ambitious target of providing tap connection to each rural household.
State officials said there are 28.94 lakh households in Haryana, out of which 18.83 lakh are already provided with functional household tap connection (FHTCs). Out of the remaining 10.11 lakh households, Haryana plans to provide tap connections in 7 lakh households by 2020-21.
During the current year, Haryana is planning for 100 per cent coverage of one district and 2,898 villages out of total 6,987 villages.