Hangoon first Har GharJal Village in Kakching district
Source: Chronicle News Service

Kakching, December 24 2021: Hangoon village under Hayel Hangoon GP has become the first in Kakching district to become Har Ghar Jal Village under Jal Jeevan Mission.

Declaration of Hangoon village as Har Ghar Jal Village was made during a function organised by District Water and Sanitation Committee-Kakching PHED at Hayel Hanggon GP Panchayat Ghar on Friday.

Kakching PHE Division executive engineer RK Surendra, AE K Roshan, SO Th Ramananda, Hayel Hangoon GP up pradhan MV Rafi, Village Water and Sanitation Committee secretary Haji Hakim, Jal Jeevan Mission Kakching District Implementation Support Agency secretary Surjit Kshetrimayum and others attended the declaration event.

According to RK Surendra, Hangoon village has 254 households and the village water supply scheme could cover only around 50 households till 2019 and provide tap water.

However, Augmentation of Hangoon Water Supply Scheme started as part of Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) under Jal Jeevan Mission from the beginning of 2020 and the scheme has now covered every household of the village and provided tap water.

Accordingly, Hangoon village has been declared as the first village in Kakching district to become Har Ghar Jal Village, he added.

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