New Delhi, Nov 18 (PTI) From Odisha’s Belagam, where villagers now manage user fee collection and water quality tests, to Tamil Nadu’s Alinjivakkam, where doorstep tap water has freed women from long walks, stories of change set the tone for the first multilingual Sujal Gram Samvad organised here by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) on Tuesday.

The nationwide dialogue brought together villagers from 12 states and Union Territories, each speaking in their own regional language to describe how the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) has transformed their daily lives.

Chaired by DDWS Secretary Ashok K K Meena, the dialogue connected over 1,500 participants. Villagers narrated how safe tap water has reduced diseases, improved school attendance among girls, cut the drudgery of water

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