Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that seven crore rural households were connected with piped water in just three years “compared to just three crore households in seven decades” saying “there cannot be a better beginning of Amrit Kaal.”
Addressing the ‘Har Ghar Jal Utsav’ under the ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ at Panaji, Goa, via a video message, Modi spelled out the three major achievements that India is working on in the run-up to 25 years of ‘Amrit Kaal.’ “First, today 10 crore rural households of the country have been connected to piped clean water facility. This is a big success of the Government’s campaign to deliver water to every household. This is a great example of ‘Sabka Prayas’”. Second, I congratulate Goa for becoming the first ‘Har Ghar Jal certified State’ where every household is connected to piped water. Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are the first Union Territories to achieve the feat,” he said.
Modi lauded the people, Government, and local self-government institutions for their efforts. He said many States are going to join the list very soon. The third achievement Modi listed out was that “one lakh villages in different States of the country have turned Open Defecation Free (ODF) plus.”
After the country was declared ODF a few years ago, the next resolution was to achieve ODF plus status for villages.