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©UnicefIndia Mothers and children in Chhattisgarh have
access to clean drinking water through the Jal Jeevan Mission.
109,000 ‘Jal Bahinis’ across 19,668 conducting 1,207,973 water quality FY 2022-23, keeping Chhattisgarh
villages of the state under the tests of the drinking water sources state as the no one state in the
leadership of Sarpanch (village level and delivery points using field test country for more than 10 months.
elected representative), have shown kits (FTKs) during FY 2021-22 and
commendable results through 672,000 water quality tests during

Impact on community
The community’s happiness has been evident and overwhelming joy could be seen on the villagers’ face after
getting potable tap connections in their houses. After hundreds of years of drudgery of fetching water, they
understood that the basic luxury of getting water on demand is a gateway to all the other empowering lifelines
like a healthy family and education.

UNICEF and Jal Jeevan Mission
Access to clean drinking water is the right of every child.

UNICEF continues to work with the Government of India to ensure clean drinking water reaches the most vulnerable
communities and children in India.

Currently, Chhattisgarh has provided 2.8 million (57 percent) households with tap water connections in Chhattisgarh
since the launch of the Drinking Water Mission in 2019. India’s national level flagship programme, ‘Jal Jeevan
Mission’ (JJM) is committed to provide 100 percent functional household tap connections to 161 million rural
households across the country by 2024.

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