New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- The Union Government on Thursday informed the Lok Sabha that Jammu & Kashmir has achieved 81.22% coverage of rural households with tap water supply under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).Jammu and Kashmir tourism

The figures were shared in a written reply by Minister of State for Jal Shakti, V. Somanna.

As per data, J&K has a total of 19.26 lakh rural households, of which 5.75 lakh (29.89%) had tap water connections at the launch of JJM in August 2019. Since then, an additional 9.88 lakh households (51.33%) have been provided with tap water supply, taking the total to 15.64 lakh households.Kashmir travel guide

The reply stated that while significant progress has been made, nearly 3.62 lakh rural households in the UT ar...