Goa has become the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified state in the country where all households now have access to clean water through taps, the Ministry of Jal Shakti informed Also, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu has become the first Union Territory (UT) in the country.

In the state and UT, the ministry said that people from all the villages have declared their village as ‘Har Ghar Jal’ through a resolution passed by Gram Sabha, certifying that all households in the villages have access to safe drinking water through taps, ensuring that ‘No One is Left Out’.

All 2.63 lakh rural households of Goa and 85,156 of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu have access to potable water through tap connections, the ministry said.

A flagship programme of the Centre, the Jal Jeevan Mission was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15, 2019. The mission aims to provide potable tap water supply in adequate quantity to every rural household of the country by 2024. The program is being implemented by the Centre in partnership with States/UTs.

Last month, the ministry informed that the Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh became the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified district in the country. Till that time, Burhanpur was the only district in the country where people from each of 254 villages had declared their villages as ‘Har Ghar Jal’ through a resolution passed by Gram Sabhas.

Only 37,241 rural households (36.54%) out of a total of 1,01, 905 households in Burhanpur had potable drinking water through tap connections at the time of the launch of the Jal Jeevan Mission in August 2019.