Goa has become the first state in the country to provide 100% functional tap connections in rural areas covering more than 2.3 lakh rural households.
The development was made public by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, which said that Goa has earned itself the distinction of becoming the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ State with 100% functional household tap connections (FHTCs). Of the total, 1.65 lakh households are located in North Goa and 98,000 households in South Goa, all spread across 191 gram panchayats.
This has been done under the ‘Har-Ghar-Jal’ initiative by the Union Jal Shakti Ministry in June 2020. The government’s Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide piped water to all rural households by 2024.
Having achieved the universal access, the State now plans for sensor-based service delivery monitoring system so as to monitor the functionality of water supply i.e. to provide potable water in adequate quantity and of prescribed quality being to every rural household on regular and long-term basis.