Leh: The Jal Jeevan Mission has achieved a major milestone recently, when it provided clean drinking water to a remote village in Ladakh. The residents of Thukje Gompa habitation near Tso Kar Lake now get potable water even in sub-zero temperature.
The village is located at a height of 15,000 feet. What makes this achievement significant is that the people living in the village here are getting water which is not frozen. This has been made possible by an insulation jacket around the pipe.
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The villagers has expressed gratitude to the officials of Jal Jeevan Mission on getting first drinking water connection at their doorstep.
Villagers from Thukje Gompa habitation near Tso Kar Lake expressing happiness on getting first drinking water connection at their doorstep under @jaljeevan_
Out team ensures tap connections at height of nearly 15000 ft @lg_ladakh @MoJSDoWRRDGR @LAHDC_LEH @DIPR_Leh @jtnladakh pic.twitter.com/lQPFfbOvmZ
— Jal Jeevan Mission LEH 🚰 (@JJM_Leh) August 23, 2022
The Jal Jeevan Mission was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15, 2019. And in these 27 months, over 50 million families have been provided new tap water connections.
Under the Jal Jeevan Mission-Har Ghar Jal scheme, every rural household is to be provided with a functional tap water connection by 2024.
