Panipat 9th district to get 100% household tap water

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 29

Panipat has become the ninth ‘Har Ghar Jal’ district of Haryana with 100 per cent functional household tap connection (FHTC). This was declared by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, and they also complimented the state government for this achievement.

Jal Jeevan Mission launched by Centre

The Jal Jeevan Mission, a flagship initiative launched by the Government of India, aims to ensure access to sustainable drinking water through piped water connection to every rural household by 2024

With this, 1,22,912 lakh rural households of Panipat district are getting clean tap water. Other districts of Haryana such as Panchkula, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Rohtak, Kaithal, Faridabad and Gurugram have been declared as ‘Har Ghar Nal Se Jal districts’ having 100 per cent FHTC in rural households under the Jal Jeevan Mission. These nine districts are also among the 63 districts of the country to provide 100 per cent tap water connections to rural households under the Jal Jeevan Mission.

The Jal Jeevan Mission, a flagship initiative launched by the Government of India, aims to ensure access to sustainable drinking water through piped water connection to every rural household by 2024. “Haryana is fully aligned with the Centre in this flagship programme and committed to providing functional household tap connection (FHTC) to every rural household of Haryana by November, 2022, way ahead of the national deadline of 2024,” Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health, Devender Singh said adding, Haryana has consistently been ranked among the top three states in terms of performance under the programme.

Since the inception of this programme, the PHE department actively strategised the entire programme, which has provided FHTCs to more than 94 per cent rural households of the state. Currently, of the 31 lakh total rural households in the state, 29.26 lakh have tap water connections.

Haryana also has the distinction of having all 22 district laboratories (for water quality monitoring) accredited with NABL, making Haryana the only state in the country with 100 per cent accreditation of all district laboratories.

During the pandemic, the team at the ground level headed by the Superintending Engineer and team members and all Executive Engineers, Junior Engineers and other field staff members, took all Covid measures and kept the momentum of the project going, he added.

9 districts also among 63 in country

• Panchkula, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Rohtak, Kaithal, Faridabad and Gurugram have been declared as ‘Har Ghar Nal Se Jal districts’under the Jal Jeevan Mission
• These 9 districts are also among the 63 districts of the country to provide 100 per cent tap water connections to rural households under the mission.