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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi strode into the 2019 general elections, there were many deliverables he could point out that had improved conditions for the less privileged. These included affordable housing, toilets, electricity connections, cooking gas, financial inclusion and rural roads. Whilst many of these, and more, are still ongoing programmes, the single biggest delivery in the run-up to the 2024 general elections will undoubtedly be “Har Ghar Jal”, or potable tap water for every household, under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).
JJM is strikingly transformational in its aim, in that every rural household is to have a functional tap connection
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