Recently Jammu and Kashmir has made significant strides in improving access to clean water in the rural households through “Jal Jeevan Mission” with many far flung and hilly areas getting tap water supply for the first time in history.

Now, this scheme with a rising main length of 2000 m, distribution pipe network of about 6000 m and Reinforced Cement Concrete Service Reservoir, stands completed and the water supply through household level tap connections is being provided to this habitation.

Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide every rural household with a Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) within their premises, capable of delivering a minimum of 55 liters of water per capita per day while adhering to set quality standards. More than 3200 water supply schemes have been taken up across the UT at an estimated cost of about Rs. 13000 crore, against which Rs. 7000 crore (approx.) have been expended, so far, with completion of about 1400 schemes and the remaining schemes being at advanced stages of completion.

To ensure transparency and accountability in implementation of the Mission, a robust monitoring mechanism under the overall supervision of Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission with various units like UT level experts/consultants, District Project Management Units (DPMUs), Third Party Monitoring Inspection Agencies (TPIAs) and Pani Samiti’s besides District Jal Jeevan Mission (DJJM) headed by respective District Development Commissioners (DDCs) have been established in addition to regular monitoring by the field engineers and technicians.