90% of rural houses to get piped water by 2022, says President Ram Nath Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind said on Tuesday the government has made a “sacred commitment” of covering 90% of Indian rural households with piped water supply by 2022, when the country completes 75 years of Independence.
The government has prepared a strategic plan for ensuring drinking water supply in all rural areas by 2022. We cannot fail,” he said.
He said that while water was fundamental to the economy and to ecology — and to human equity, the issue of scarcity of water was becoming still more critical in view of climate change and related environmental concerns.
“Better and more efficient use of water is a challenge for Indian agriculture and industry alike.
But the ratio, he asserted, is expected to change in the coming years as the demand for water would also rise.
He called for water management approach to be localised so that it empowered villages and neighbourhood communities and built their capacity to manage, allocate and value their water resources.