VISAKHAPATNAM: Of the 95.69 lakh rural households in Andhra Pradesh, 54 lakh homes were provided with water tap connections by March 31, 2022. About 2.26 lakh more houses have so far got these connections in this fiscal, leaving nearly 39 lakh or 40% of the total households of the state out of this transition.
In fact, Andhra Pradesh’s tap connection coverage was limited to some 32% before the rollout of Jal Jeevan Mission in August 2019. The number of households having tap connections has almost doubled in just the last three years. The key objective of Jal Jeevan Mission being implemented by the Union government is to provide piped water supply for all the households by 2024 with minimum service level of 55 litres per capita per day.
