All 728 villages of Mizoram now connected with tap water under JJM
Guwahati: In a massive victory for the Central government’s Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) Scheme, all the 728 villages of Mizoram are been covered under the JJM, the state assembly was informed on Friday.
The JJM, a brainchild of Prime Minister Narendra Modi which started in 2019, seeks to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India.
In reply to a question, Public Health Engineering Minister Professor Lalnilawma said that all 728 villages have been covered under the central scheme.
Out of the 728 villages in the state, the scheme was fully implemented in 621 villages while it was put into effect partially in 107 villages, the minister said.
He further added that efforts are on to provide tap water connections to every household in those 107 villages by March before JJM is scheduled to come to an end.
Lalnilawma informed the assembly that the water supply is inadequate for the 3.78 lakh population of Aizawl, the capital of the northeastern state.
He mentioned that Aizawl needs 66.42 million litres per day while it gets 28.77 million litres per day.