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Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel oversaw the signing of a memorandum of knowing betwixt the State authorities and the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation nether the Union authorities for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0.
Union Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Patil and Minister of State for Water Supply Ishwarsinh Patel attended the programme done video conference.
The statement seeks to grow and negociate drinking h2o proviso systems successful agrarian areas of the State. It outlines measures for implementation, monitoring and transparency nether Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0.
Speaking connected the occasion, the Chief Minister said the State authorities volition proceed efforts to guarantee drinking h2o proviso successful agrarian areas, including distant regions. He said the statement would enactment absorption of h2o proviso systems and implementation of schemes.
Jal Jeevan Mission was launched connected August 15, 2019, with the nonsubjective of providing pat h2o connections to each agrarian households nether the “Har Ghar Jal” programme. Gujarat reported achieving the people successful October 2022.
Under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, the absorption is connected strengthening, regularising and sustaining h2o proviso systems up to 2028. The statement provides for improving implementation, monitoring and transparency successful execution of schemes.
As per the agreement, continuous h2o proviso volition beryllium ensured successful agrarian areas. It includes completion of h2o proviso schemes and their transportation to gram panchayats for cognition and maintenance. Village Water and Sanitation Committees volition beryllium liable for absorption of h2o systems astatine the colony level.
The statement besides provides for semipermanent h2o root absorption and sustainability. It includes provisions for h2o prime testing, fiscal absorption and grooming of unit nether initiatives specified arsenic Nal Jal Mitra. Public consciousness programmes, including Jal Utsav, are besides portion of the plan.
Digital monitoring systems specified arsenic Sujalam Bharat and PM Gati Shakti volition beryllium utilized for tracking implementation and improving transparency.
The roles of the Centre and the State person been defined nether the agreement. The Union authorities volition supply funding, guidance and monitoring, portion the State authorities volition beryllium liable for implementation, argumentation measures and method support.
Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ashok Meena attended the programme done video conference. Principal Secretary, Water Supply, Shahmeena Husain, Chief Engineer Nirav Solanki, and officials Dhara Vyas and Bhavik Rathod were present.
