Measure and monitor: New task for Jal Jeevan Mission's 100% tap water goal

The govt is concerned that for a country with 600,000 villages and 1.7 million habitations, the cost of tracking the supply and use of water could become very high

From the 3,500-metre altitude, sub-zero temperatures in Stok village of Ladakh to the remote forests in Namsai district, Arunachal Pradesh, the Jal Jeevan Mission is literally traversing the length and breadth of the country.

While the target of achieving 100 per cent tap-water connections for all households is still four years away, the government is gearing up for another big challenge: How to measure and monitor water supply and consumption.

“We have to make up our mind on how to monitor and at which level, because the cost-effectiveness of this exercise has to be worked out,” a senior government official told Business