NEW DELHI, 29 March, 2021 (TON): On Monday, the Ministry of Jal Shakti announced that ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ has achieved a new milestone in providing tap water supply to four crore rural households across the country.

As per the latest data shared by the Ministry, 7.24 crore people (38 percent), more than 1/3rd of rural households, are now getting potable water through taps.

“States and UTs are now competing with each other and focusing on the target to ensure that every household in the country gets safe drinking water so that ‘no one is left out,” said the Ministry in a statement.

The mission was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 August 2019 with the aim to provide a tap water supply to every rural home by 2024.

 The ministry affirmed that Jal Jeevan Mission has reached a new milestone in providing over four crore rural households with a tap water supply.

However, Goa has become the first state to provide 100 percent tap water supply followed by Telangana and Andaman and Nicobar Islands across the country, assuring water supply to every family living in 56 districts and over 86,000 villages.