India celebrates its 74th Republic Day, today over 11 Crore rural households of the country have access to tap water connection. 123 districts and more than 1.53 lakh villages of India have reported ‘Har Ghar Jal’ which means every household has access to clean drinking water through tap. Despite several disruptions in previous years, States/ UTs have worked relentlessly to ensure tap water inevery rural home. Jal Jeevan Mission was announced by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on 15thAugust, 2019 to provide every rural household with tap water connection by 2024. At the time of the launch of the Missionin 2019, out of 19.35 Crore rural households, only 3.23 Crore (16.72%) had access to tap water. As on date, within a short span of about three years of the life changing mission, over 11 Crore (56.84%) rural households have tap water supply in their homes.
