What Swachh Bharat was for Modi 1.0, an ambitious programme of piped water to all willing households in rural areas might be for Modi 2.0.

The government is poised to launch a massive effort to provide piped drinking water with issues of water supply and conservation given a sharper focus with the creation of a new ministry of jal shakti.

While the Modi government nearly completed a plan for electricity connections to all households under the Saubhagya programme, the scale of the drinking water challenge is significant even as the Centre looks to put its experience in mission mode implementation to good use.

What Swachh Bharat was for Modi 1.0, an ambitious programme of piped water to all willing households in rural areas might be for Modi 2.0.

The government is poised to launch a massive effort to provide piped drinking water with issues of water supply and conservation given a sharper focus with the creation of a new ministry of jal shakti.

While the Modi government nearly completed a plan for electricity connections to all households under the Saubhagya programme, the scale of the drinking water challenge is significant even as the Centre looks to put its experience in mission mode implementation to good use.