Social Justice
Jal Jeevan Mission
- 27 Aug 2019
- 2 min read
Recently, Union Ministry for Jal Shakti, conducted a conference of State Ministers on Jal Jeevan Mission in New Delhi.
- Indian Prime Minister on independence day announced that the government will launch a Jal Jeevan Mission to bring piped water to households and resolved to spend more than ₹3.5 lakh crore in the coming years.
- India has 16% of the world population, but only 4% of freshwater resources.
- Depleting groundwater level, overexploitation and deteriorating water quality, climate change, etc. are major challenges to provide potable drinking water.
- Therefore, ensuring India’s water security and providing access to safe and adequate drinking water to all Indians is a priority of the Government.
- Under Jal Jeevan Mission, the government envisages renewed efforts to provide water supply to every household by 2024.
- The Jal Jeevan Mission is set to be based on various water conservation efforts like point recharge, desilting of minor irrigation tanks, use of greywater for agriculture and source sustainability.
- The Jal Jeevan Mission will converge with other Central and State Government Schemes to achieve its objectives of sustainable water supply management across the country.
- The Prime Minister appealed to all states to generate maximum community participation in the form of ‘Jan Andolan’ to achieve the target of functional household tap connection by 2024.
