Now, women can spend time weaving Arani silk sarees rather than fetching pots of water, says PM Modi
The Hindu
The PM was interacting with the panchayat president of Vellery village in Tiruvannamalai district, on the village’s having achieved 100% piped water supply, on the occasion on Gandhi Jayanti
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday told women in Vellery village in Tiruvannamalai district, that they could now spend more time weaving the famous Arani silk sarees, rather than fetching pots of water.
Each household in the village now has a piped drinking water connection that has been implemented under the Centrally sponsored Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), a flagship welfare scheme of the government aimed at providing safe and clean drinking water to all rural households by 2024.

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