Country’s highest village gets tap water.

July 4, 2022

Tashigang village in Spiti, the highest village in the country, got the domestic tap connection as Himachal achieved 93.05 per cent target of providing functional household connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission.
Functional domestic tap connections have been provided to Tashigang, a small village at an altitude of 15,256 feet in the Spiti Valley.
The government had achieved a 100 per cent target of providing tap connections in four districts, Una, Chamba, Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti.
During the last two-and-a-half years, 8.44 lakh households have been given tap connections while during the last 72 years, only 7.63 lakh households were provided these.
Under the mission, Rs 4,418.37 crore has been allocated to the state, including an incentive amount of Rs 1,028.43 crore.