Drinking water

The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has started a massive campaign to provide safe drinking water to every household.

Recently LG Manoj Sinha held a review meeting about the drinking water facilities being given in far off villages of Jammu and Kashmir.

He has said that 8 Lakh Functional Household Tap Water connections would be installed in near future.

He said that to provide drinking water to every household is a campaign, an unflinching endeavor of the UT govt. to ensure Safe Drinking Water to Every Household here.

Government has started ‘Har Ghar Nal Se Jal’, the ambitious campaign and laid out a target of installing Functional Household Tap Water connections in 8 Lakh houses within a period of one month by converging the efforts of all stakeholders, through the Implementation Support Agencies (ISAs), into a mass programme.

Across the country, the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is the Government of India’s flagship programme that aims to provide Functional Household Tap Connection to every rural household.

In Jammu & Kashmir, the Jal Shakti Department of the UT government envisages to provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) capable of providing quality drinking water meeting BIS 10500 standards @ 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd) on a sustainable basis to all unconnected rural Households in the UT with Piped Water Supply.

The UT has set an aspirational target of achieving ‘Har Ghar Nal se Jal’ by August-2022 as against the nationwide target of 2024.