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Under the transformative programme of Jal Jeevan Mission, 9 crore rural households have been provided with access to tap water. This is a milestone achieved. 

About Jal Jeevan Mission

• On the 15th of August 2019, the Jal Jeevan Mission was announced and intended to improve the quality of life and ease of living in rural areas with the supply of tap water.
• The objective is to develop the capacity of the local village community in order to achieve long term drinking water security.
• ‘Har Ghar Jal’ is the motto and spirit of the mission.
• Presently, every rural household in Goa, Haryana, Telangana, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Puducherry, Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu is provided with the supply of tap water.
• The mission also aims to ensure the freedom of mothers and sisters from the traditional cumbersome task of fetching water for households improving their health, education and socio-economic conditions.
• Five women in each village have been trained to test water samples with the help of field test kits. These kits test the water samples on 9 parameters such as pH, alkalinity, chloride, nitrate, total hardness, fluoride, iron, residual free chlorine and hydrogen sulphide.
• This mission is geo-tagged which means the planning and programme implementation for drinking water supply for every village have been mapped using hydro-geomorphological maps.