Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said vision of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is not only to provide only water but also to ensure decentralisation of power.<br />''<br />''Speaking after interacting with gram panchayats and village water and sanitation committees (VWSC) on the Jal Jeevan Mission, Mr Modi said the mission was village-driven and it was also a big movement of decentralisation.<br />''<br />''Prime Minister said that Five crore households have been provided with water connection since the launch of Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019. He said now tap water is reaching every household in about 1.25 lakh villages,<br />''<br />''The prime minister asserted that the vision of Jal Jeevan Mission is a village-driven and women-driven movement, and its main base is mass movement and public participation.<br />''<br />''Referring to popular conceptions of the problem of water, the Prime Minister talked of movies, stories, poems that told in detail how the women and children of the village walked miles to fetch water.<br />''<br />''He appealed to every citizen of the country who lives in an abundance of water, to make more efforts to save water, and called upon them to change their habits too.<br />''<br />''In his remarks, the prime minister also enumerated measures to improve the health and safety of the daughters of the country.<br />''<br />''He informed that measures like toilets in every home and school, affordable sanitary pads, nutrition support during pregnancy and immunisation have strengthened the Matra Shakti.<br />''<br />''Mr Modi recalled measures taken during his tenure as chief minister of Gujarat for Gram Swaraj such as Nirmal Gaon for ODF villages, Jal Mandir Abhiyan to revive old Baories and wells in villages, Jyotigram for 24 hour electricity in villages, Teerth Gram for camaraderie in villages and e-Gram for broadband in villages.<br />''<br />''Prime Minister also launched a newly designed Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) mobile application. The app would enable anyone to fund provision of tap water in rural parts of the country.<br />''<br />''On August 15, 2019, Modi announced the Jal Jeevan Mission to provide clean tap water to every household.<br />