Har Ghar Nal Se Jal – Jal Jeevan

Har Ghar Nal Se Jal’ is a major focus of the Jal Jeevan Mission.

Highlights:

The Har Ghar Nal Se Jal program plans to increase the supply of tap water to 1.8 million rural households.

It is an improved version of the National Rural Drinking Water Program, launched in 2009.

The basic goal of the program is to provide running tap water to all households.

States must implement some mandatory components of the program, including installation of bore wells and tube wells in areas where is no water supply , and installation of pumps with dry sensors and replenishment structures among other things.