<span style="color: #222222;">Haryana is geared up to provide tap water connection to all rural households by December, 2022. The State provided one lakh five thousand  tap connections during 2019-20 under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). Ministry of Jal Shakti in a statement said that now the State Government is planning 100 per cent coverage by December, 2022, ahead of the national goal by 2024-25. By doing so, Haryana will be among the leading states to accomplish the ambitious target of providing tap connection to each rural household. Presenting their action plan to the Department of Drinking Water and  Sanitation yesterday, State government officials said, there are 28.94 lakh households in Haryana, out of which 18.83 lakh are already provided with Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTCs). Out of the remaining 10.11 lakh households, Haryana plans to provide tap connections in 7 lakh households by 2020-21.<br />''During the current year, State is planning for 100 per cent coverage of one  district and 2,898 villages out of total 6,987 villages. More emphasis has been given to cover rural households in drought prone areas and aspirational districts. The Ministry said,  State is likely to get  290 crore rupees as Central share under JJM for this financial year, which will be supplemented by same amount of State's matching share.<br />''During this testing time of COVID-19 pandemic, such attempts to provide household tap connections in rural areas will definitely improve the ease of living.</span><br />