Leh Oct 22 :- Jal Jeevan Mission, is envisioned to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections to all households in rural India which is being implemented in UT of Ladakh. The Jal Jeevan Mission is based on a community approach to water and as a part of mission extensive Information, Education and communication activities are being carried out in all villages in the district.
In order to further strengthened community partnership for success of the mission, On the directions of Deputy Commissioner, Leh Shrikant Suse,IAS , District Water and Sanitation Mission, Leh & Public Health Engineering Department, Leh is celebrating “Jal Jeevan Maah” across rural areas of the district from 2nd October to 31st October 2022.
During the Jal Jeevan Maah following activities are being carried out
- Special Jal Jeevan Samvad in every village held in every village discussion are being held on following points-
- Winter Management
- Considering upcoming winter season, discussion on measures to be incorporated in water supply scheme for its successful operation in winter.
- Issues and problems that are expected to arise in the water supply scheme during winters. Identification of problem and solutions or measures that can be adopted for its remediation like defrosting technique etc.
- Discussion on Household connection maintenance during winters and explaining best possible measures that can be adopted to ensure adequate supply during winters without freezing.
- Promoting community partnership
- Role of Pani Samiti/community in Operation & Maintenance of JJM schemes/Discussion on O &M plan with community/ basic trainings on O & M
- Social Audit of JJM schemes
- Opening of bank accounts and providing training on preparation of accounts by Pani Samiti
- Promoting water use efficiency and source strengthening
- Awareness about the importance of clean tap water, its judicious use, promoting water use efficiency and grey water management.
- Discussion on measures to adopted for source sustainability, cleanliness at source
- Discussion on Strategies for Speeding up progress on providing Functional Household Tap Connections
- Fast tracking Certification of “Har Ghar Jal” villages
- Awareness on JJM Grievances Redressal system and redressal of grievances w.r.t JJM
- Visits by Water Quality Experts to villages to prepare remedial action plans on water quality
- Special Incentives to best performing villages in implementation of JJM
- Special workshops on implementation and post-implementation phase
Jal Jeevan Maah was formally launched by Commissioner/Secretary PHE Department UT Ladakh, Shri Ajeet Kumar Sahu, IAS on 2nd Oct. Speaking at the launch of Jal Jeevan Maah in Spituk Farkha, the Secretary appealed to the public to actively participate in the public movement for safe drinking water and audit the JJM construction activities. Considering the winters, Mr. Sahu appealed to the public to take tap connections inside the house to maintain above zero-degree temperatures and avoid freezing. He suggested green houses, or covering construction above the tap connection point also help in maintaining water flow. He asked the villages to conserve water, reuse grey water and protect water sources to maintain healthy supply of water.
So far, Jal Samvad were held in 75 villages of district Leh since launch of JJM Maah. It is being attended by Senior officer of district administration who has given task for cluster of villages as Prabhari Officer, Engineers of PHE department, Implementation Support Agency, concerned contractor, panchayat secretary who interacts with Sarpanch, members of Pani Samiti and community members and discussions are being held on aims envisaged for Jal Jeevan Mission.
After launch of JJM Maah on 2nd Oct 2022, coverage of JJM has reached to 69 % which was 61%. During JJM Maah,1721 Functional House Tap Connections have been added in last 20 days. JJM Maah has positive impact on the ground in terms of ensuring community participations and ownership in operations of scheme in the villages. Mudh has become first village in the district where due to active participation of community members , water user charges are being collected on monthly basis by community which will be manged by Pani Samiti to manage operation and maintenance of water supply scheme.
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