Har ghar jal scheme

• Arunachal Pradesh has become the first northeastern state to achieve 100% coverage under the Har Ghar Jal scheme providing functional household tap connection in every rural home.
• Arunachal now has joined the elite club of Goa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Haryana,Telengana, Puducherry, Gujarat, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh which have attained 100% coverage.
• The national average of the coverage is over 74%.

ABOUT HAR GHAR JAL SCHEME

• Har Ghar Jal Scheme is part of the Jal Jeevan Mission undertaken by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
• The Jal Jeevan Mission is envisioned to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India.
  • Under JJM, a functional household tap connection is defined as having service levels of adequate quantity (55 liters per capita per day), of prescribed quality (as per BIS:10500 norms) on regular basis as per the schedule decided by the Panchayat/ Village Water and Sanitation Committee (VWSC).
  • The programme will also implement source sustainability measures as mandatory elements such as recharge and reuse through grey water management, water conservation and rainwater harvesting.