Jammu Tawi, March 23 -- Jammu and Kashmir has made significant progress in expanding rural tap water supply under the ambitious Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), with the coverage now reaching 81.06% of rural households, benefiting over 15.59 lakh homes out of 19.23 lakh.
This marks a dramatic improvement from less than one-third of rural households receiving piped water before the mission began.
The update in this regard was shared by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, V. Somanna, in response to a question in the Lok Sabha from Member of Parliament Mian Altaf Ahmad.
"Since its inception in August 2019, JJM, a central government initiative, aims to provide tap water to every rural household across the country. In Jammu and Kashmir, the missio...