Current Affairs Question - 13 October 2020

Explanation :

• On 9th October, 2020, the Jal Shakti Ministry announced that Goa becomes the first ‘HarGharJal’ state by providing tap water connection to every rural household under JalJeevan Mission (JJM) ahead of its national dead-line.
• The state provided tap water connection to 2 lakh 30 thousand rural households in all the 191 Gram Panchayats of the state.
• The JalJeevan Mission of the Central Government aims to provide piped water to all the rural households by 2024.

Significance

• Goa’s achievement of providing 100 per cent tap water connection is an example for other states to ensure that rural household gets tap water connection, especially amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Explanation :

• The Chilika Development Authority (CDA) designated the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) as ambassador of Chilika Lake, the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia and India’s oldest Ramsar Site.
• The action is being dubbed as an important step towards conservation of the species.
• The fishing cat is the only wild cat species in India that is a wetland specialist, and it’s found all around Chilika.
• These are mostly found in marshlands fringing the north and north-eastern sections of the lake.
• Since 2016, it is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.