At Har Ghar Jal Utsav, PM Modi lists three milestones that will ‘make Indians proud of their country’

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
19:
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
on
Friday
said
his
goverment
has
provided
piped
water
connection
to
seven
crore
rural
families
in
the
last
three
years
under
the
Jal
Jeevan
Mission,
which
helped
the
country
achieve
the
milestone
of
10
crore
such
connections
in
villages
so
far.

He
was
addressing
via
video
link
a
programme
organised
by
the
Goa
government
to
mark
100
per
cent
piped
water
supply
coverage
in
rural
households
of
the
state.
Union
Minister
of
Jal
Shakti
Gajendra
Singh
Shekhawat
and
Goa
Chief
Minister
Pramod
Sawant
were
present
for
the
function
in
Panaji.

”In
the
seven
decades
since
the
Independence,
only
three
crore
rural
households
had
piped
water.
But
in
the
last
three
years,
since
the
announcement
of
this
mission,
our
government
has
connected
seven
crore
additional
rural
households
through
tap
water,” Modi
said.

2021
was
‘historic’
for
Jal
Shakti
ministry,
several
long
pending
issues
resolved

”The
achievement
of
10
crore
milestone
reflects
the
Centre’s
commitment
towards
provision
of
water
and
preservation
of
environment,”
he
added.
Modi
said
that
when
he
made
the
announcement
of
Jal
Jeevan
Mission,
there
were
16
crore
rural
families
that
were
dependent
on
other
sources
of
water.

At
the
outset,
the
Prime
Minister
shared
every
Indian’s
pride
in
three
important
milestones
related
to
the
huge
goals
that
India
is
working
on
in
Amrit
Kaal,
that
were
accomplished
today.
He
said
“Firstly,
today
10
crore
rural
households
of
the
country
have
been
connected
to
piped
clean
water
facility.
This
is
a
big
success
of
the
government’s
campaign
to
deliver
water
to
every
household.
This
is
a
great
example
of
‘SabkaPrayas'”.
Secondly,
he
congratulated
Goa
for
becoming
the
first
Har
Ghar
Jal
certified
state
where
every
household
is
connected
to
piped
water.
He
also
acknowledged
Dadra
Nagar
Haveli
and
Daman
and
Diu
as
first
Union
territories
to
achieve
the
feat.
The
Prime
Minister
lauded
the
people,
government
and
local
self-government
institutions
for
their
efforts.
He
informed
that
many
states
are
going
to
join
the
list
very
soon.

The
third
achievement,
the
Prime
Minister
informed,
is
that
one
lakh
villages
in
different
states
of
the
country
have
turned
ODF
plus.
After
the
country
was
declared
Open
Defecation
Free
(ODF)
a
few
years
ago,
the
next
resolution
was
to
achieve
ODF
plus
status
for
villages
i.e.
they
should
have
community
toilets,
plastic
waste
management,
grey
water
management
and
Gobardhan
projects.

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Underlining
the
water
security
challenge
that
the
world
is
facing,
the
Prime
Minister
said
that
water
scarcity
can
become
a
huge
obstacle
in
accomplishing
the
resolution
of
Developed
India
–
Viksit
Bharat.
“Our
government
has
been
working
relentlessly
for
the
last
8
years
for
the
projects
of
water
security”,
he
said.
Reiterating
the
need
for
a
long-term
approach
above
selfish
short-term
approach,
the
Prime
Minister
emphasized
“It
is
true
that
to
form
a
government,
one
does
not
have
to
work
that
hard
as
one
has
to
work
to
build
a
country.
We
have
all
chosen
to
work
for
nation
building.
That
is
why
we
are
working
on
the
challenges
of
the
present
and
the
future.
Those
who
do
not
care
about
the
country,
are
not
bothered
about
spoiling
the
present
or
future
of
the
country.
Such
people
can
definitely
talk
big,
but
can
never
work
with
a
big
vision
for
water.”

Talking
about
the
multi-pronged
approach
of
the
government
to
ensure
water
security,
the
Prime
Minister
listed
initiatives
like
‘Catch
the
Rain’,
Atal
Bhujal
Scheme,
75
AmritSarovars
in
every
district,
river-linking
and
Jal
Jeevan
Mission.
He
said
that
the
number
of
Ramsar
wetland
Sites
in
India
has
gone
up
to
75,
out
of
which
50
were
added
in
the
last
8
years.

“There
cannot
be
a
better
beginning
of
Amrit
Kaal”,
the
Prime
Minister
said,
lauding
the
feat
of
connecting
7
crore
rural
households
with
piped
water
in
just
3
years
whereas
in
7
decades
since
Independence
only
3
crore
households
had
this
facility.
He
said
“There
were
about
16
crore
rural
households
in
the
country,
who
had
to
depend
on
outside
sources
for
water.
We
could
not
have
left
such
a
large
population
of
the
village
fighting
for
this
basic
need.
That’s
why
3
years
ago
I
had
announced
from
the
Red
Fort
that
every
house
would
get
piped
water.
3
lakh
60
thousand
crore
rupees
are
being
spent
on
this
campaign.
Despite
the
interruptions
caused
by
the
biggest
epidemic
of
100
years,
the
pace
of
this
campaign
did
not
slow
down.
The
result
of
this
continuous
effort
is
that
in
just
3
years,
the
country
has
done
more
than
double
the
work
done
in
7
decades.
This
is
an
example
of
the
same
human-centred
development,
which
I
talked
about
this
time
from
the
Red
Fort”

The
Prime
Minister
highlighted
the
benefit
of
Har
Ghar
Jal
for
the
future
generation
and
women.
He
said
as
the
main
sufferer
of
the
problems
related
to
water,
women
are
at
the
centre
of
the
government’s
efforts.
It
is
improving
the
ease
of
living
for
women
and
giving
them
a
key
role
in
water
governance.
“Jal
JeevanAbhiyan
is
not
just
a
government
scheme,
but
it
is
a
scheme
run
by
the
community,
for
the
community”,
he
said.

The
Prime
Minister
said
that
four
pillars
are
at
the
basis
of
the
success
of
Jal
Jeevan
Mission
i.e.
people’s
participation,
stakeholder
participation,
political
will
and
optimum
utilisation
of
Resources.
Local
people
and
Gram
Sabhas
and
other
institutions
of
local
governance
have
been
given
an
unprecedented
role
in
the
campaign.
Local
women
are
trained
for
water
testing
and
are
members
of
‘Paani
Samitis’.
Stakeholder
participation
is
evident
in
enthusiasm
shown
by
panchayats,
NGOs,
educational
institutions
and
all
the
ministries.
Similarly,
achieving
much
more
in
just
7
years
than
what
was
achieved
in
the
last
7
decades
indicates
political
will.
Optimum
utilisation
of
resources
is
reflected
in
synergizing
with
schemes
like
MGNREGA.
Saturation
of
piped
water
will
also
eliminate
possibility
of
any
discrimination,
he
added.

Referring
to
use
of
technology
like
geo-tagging
of
water
assets
and
Internet
of
things
solutions
for
water
supply
and
quality
control,
the
Prime
Minister
pointed
out
that
people’s
power,
women
power,
and
power
of
technology
are
powering
the
Jal
Jeevan
Mission.

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