UN join hands with Denmark to support Jal Jeevan Mission
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New Delhi, March 23: On the occasion of the World Water Day, the United Nations office for a project for Project Services (UNOPS) inked a pact with the government of Denmark to support the Centre's flagship Jal Jeevan Mission in Uttar Pradesh. Under the pact, it will bring tap water to the 11 water-scarce districts of the Bundelkhand and Vindhya regions in Uttar Pradesh.
Through coordination between UNOPS and the Embassy of Denmark, it will be ensured that the partnership and the bilateral Indo-Danish cooperation on the Jal Jeevan Mission mutually support and reinforce each other to support the achievement of the Jal Jeevan Mission’s goals.
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UNOPS will mobilize its resources in these districts especially in the area of community mobilization, capacity building, training. This will directly help the government in achieving the goal of the mission to provide tap water connection to every household in a time-bound manner.
The project has set a million-dollar budget for the year 2021. However, the project will be scaled up in the year 2022. Jal Jeevan Mission was launched on August 15, 2019. It is envisioned to provide safe and adequate drinking water by individual household tap connections. It seeks to provide tap water connections to all the rural households across India by 2024.
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