 In 70 years since independence, only three crore households in the country had access to clean, safe tap water connections. Women and children were burdened with the responsibility of fetching water for daily needs. With the visionary leadership of Honourable Prime Minister Shree Narendra Modi, an ambitious project Jalla Jeevan Mission was launched in 2019 to provide functional household tap connections to every household in India. Within three years, the number of rural families with functional household tap connections has gone up to over 11 crore. Every household has access to water, so most of all, our sisters and sisters-in-law are of the same age, so even in the centre of this mission, our sisters are the daughters. Manaymaneke Ganga, as Jalla Jeevan Mission is termed in Karnataka, facilitated several multi-village schemes to provide tap connections in Karnataka. Till date, 64 lakh FHTC have been provided in rural Karnataka. In Shivamogga district, rugged terrains were dared and special efforts are made to make the district a water-saturated district. The Gautamapura MVS being inaugurated today draws water from Amaligola Reservoir, built across river Rishabhavati, built at a cost of over 91 crore rupees. This MVS provides FHTC to over 46,000 people from 64 villages. Along with this, foundation stone is being laid to three MVS at Avinahalli, Anjanapura and Nagara. These projects being built at a cost of rupees 860 crore will benefit over 4 lakh people from close to 500 villages in Sagara, Shikharipura and Hosarnagara taluks. Today, as the Honourable Prime Minister launches these projects, the efforts of the double engine government to provide FHTC to every rural household in Shivamogga district has intensified. Jala Jeevan mission brings the joy of water to all households and ease of living to every citizen of the Shivamogga district.