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Measure and monitor: New task for Jal Jeevan Mission's 100% tap water goal

The govt is concerned that for a country with 600,000 villages and 1.7 million habitations, the cost of tracking the supply and use of water could become very high

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Jal Jeevan Mission

Ruchika Chitravanshi  |  New Delhi 

From an altitude of 3,500 metres at sub-zero temperature in the Stok village of Ladakh, to the remote forests in the Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh, the Jal Jeevan Mission is literally traversing the length and breadth of the country.

While the target of achieving 100 per cent tap water connections for all households is still four years away, the government is gearing for another big challenge - how to measure and monitor water supply and consumption. “We have to make up our mind on how to monitor and at which level because the cost effectiveness of this exercise has to ...

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First Published: Mon, November 09 2020. 14:37 IST
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