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WHO Report on Potable Water
June 13 , 2023
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- WHO highlights the substantial benefits of the 'Har Ghar Jal' program in India.
- Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) aims to provide piped potable water to all of Indians.
- It would succeed in averting close to 4,00,000 deaths from diarrhoea.
- It also prevents approximately 14 million Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) related to these diseases.
- This achievement alone would result in estimated cost savings of up to $101 billion.
- Currently about 12.3 crore rural households, or 62%, have piped water connections up from 3.2 crore or about 16.6% from 2019.
- Five states viz; Gujarat, Telangana, Goa, Haryana, and Punjab and 3 Union Territories — Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Daman Diu & Dadra Nagar Haveli and Puducherry have reported 100% coverage.
- Himachal Pradesh covered 98.87%, followed by Bihar at 96.30%.
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