Swachh Sujal Pradesh

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Key updates-

• From now on, Andaman and Nicobar Islands will also be known as India’s first “Clean and Sujal Pradesh”.
• All the villages of the state have been certified as Har Ghar Jal and ODF Plus.
• With this accomplishment, all villages on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have received the Har Ghar Jal certification and have been verified as ODF plus open defecation free.  
• On World Water Day, 22 March 2021, Andaman and Nicobar Islands was declared to have achieved 100% coverage of rural households with tap water connection. 
• It became the third State/UT in the country to achieve 100% coverage of rural households with tap water supply after Goa and Telangana.
• Additionally, there was a focus on improving its Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance (WQMS), IoT-based sensors for measuring and monitoring water supply schemes, grey water management, and most importantly, Information, Education & Communication (IEC) activities to educate people about various facets of water management like water conservation, wise water use, wastewater treatment, and re-use, etc. 
• Note: on August 19 , 2022, India crossed a milestone of providing pure water from the tap to 10 crore rural households as it completed 3 years of its launch.

What is Swachh Sujal Pradesh?

There are namely three important components of Sujal and Swachh state:

1. Safe and secure drinking water supply and management.
2.  ODF Plus: ODF Sustainability and Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) and
3. Cross-cutting interventions like convergence, IEC, action planning, etc.

Safe and secure drinking water supply and its management is a crucial aspect of the Sujal and Swachh

Piped water supply to 368 schools, 558 Anganwadi centres.

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